Create an API key

POST

/api-keys

CURL *hnd = curl_easy_init();

curl_easy_setopt(hnd, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "POST");
curl_easy_setopt(hnd, CURLOPT_URL, "https://api.proxyrequest.com/api/v1/api-keys");

struct curl_slist *headers = NULL;
headers = curl_slist_append(headers, "Authorization: Bearer <token>");
headers = curl_slist_append(headers, "Content-Type: application/json");
curl_easy_setopt(hnd, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, headers);

curl_easy_setopt(hnd, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, "{ \"allowed_ips\": [ \"198.51.100.25\", \"203.0.113.10\" ] }");

CURLcode ret = curl_easy_perform(hnd);

using System.Net.Http.Headers;
var client = new HttpClient();
var request = new HttpRequestMessage
{
    Method = HttpMethod.Post,
    RequestUri = new Uri("https://api.proxyrequest.com/api/v1/api-keys"),
    Headers =
    {
        { "Authorization", "Bearer <token>" },
    },
    Content = new StringContent("{ \"allowed_ips\": [ \"198.51.100.25\", \"203.0.113.10\" ] }")
    {
        Headers =
        {
            ContentType = new MediaTypeHeaderValue("application/json")
        }
    }
};
using (var response = await client.SendAsync(request))
{
    response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
    var body = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
    Console.WriteLine(body);
}

package main

import (
  "fmt"
  "strings"
  "net/http"
  "io"
)

func main() {

  url := "https://api.proxyrequest.com/api/v1/api-keys"

  payload := strings.NewReader("{ \"allowed_ips\": [ \"198.51.100.25\", \"203.0.113.10\" ] }")

  req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

  req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

  res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

  defer res.Body.Close()
  body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

  fmt.Println(res)
  fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
    .uri(URI.create("https://api.proxyrequest.com/api/v1/api-keys"))
    .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
    .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
    .method("POST", HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.ofString("{ \"allowed_ips\": [ \"198.51.100.25\", \"203.0.113.10\" ] }"))
    .build();
HttpResponse<String> response = HttpClient.newHttpClient().send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
System.out.println(response.body());

OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();

MediaType mediaType = MediaType.parse("application/json");
RequestBody body = RequestBody.create(mediaType, "{ \"allowed_ips\": [ \"198.51.100.25\", \"203.0.113.10\" ] }");
Request request = new Request.Builder()
  .url("https://api.proxyrequest.com/api/v1/api-keys")
  .post(body)
  .addHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .addHeader("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .build();

Response response = client.newCall(request).execute();

import axios from 'axios';

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  url: 'https://api.proxyrequest.com/api/v1/api-keys',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  data: {allowed_ips: ['198.51.100.25', '203.0.113.10']}
};

try {
  const { data } = await axios.request(options);
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}

const url = 'https://api.proxyrequest.com/api/v1/api-keys';
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: '{"allowed_ips":["198.51.100.25","203.0.113.10"]}'
};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}

val client = OkHttpClient()

val mediaType = MediaType.parse("application/json")
val body = RequestBody.create(mediaType, "{ \"allowed_ips\": [ \"198.51.100.25\", \"203.0.113.10\" ] }")
val request = Request.Builder()
  .url("https://api.proxyrequest.com/api/v1/api-keys")
  .post(body)
  .addHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .addHeader("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .build()

val response = client.newCall(request).execute()

use serde_json::json;
use reqwest;

#[tokio::main]
pub async fn main() {
    let url = "https://api.proxyrequest.com/api/v1/api-keys";

    let payload = json!({"allowed_ips": ("198.51.100.25", "203.0.113.10")});

    let mut headers = reqwest::header::HeaderMap::new();
    headers.insert("Authorization", "Bearer <token>".parse().unwrap());
    headers.insert("Content-Type", "application/json".parse().unwrap());

    let client = reqwest::Client::new();
    let response = client.post(url)
        .headers(headers)
        .json(&payload)
        .send()
        .await;

    let results = response.unwrap()
        .json::<serde_json::Value>()
        .await
        .unwrap();

    dbg!(results);
}

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.proxyrequest.com/api/v1/api-keys \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{ "allowed_ips": [ "198.51.100.25", "203.0.113.10" ] }'

wget --quiet \
  --method POST \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --body-data '{ "allowed_ips": [ "198.51.100.25", "203.0.113.10" ] }' \
  --output-document \
  - https://api.proxyrequest.com/api/v1/api-keys

Creates an API key for server-to-server access. allowed_ips can restrict the key to trusted IPv4 or IPv6 addresses.

Authorizations

BearerAuth
StaticAuth

Request Body

object

string

>= 1 characters <= 36 characters

allowed_ips

Array<string>

Examples

RestrictKeyByIP

Restrict key by IP

{
  "allowed_ips": [
    "198.51.100.25",
    "203.0.113.10"
  ]
}

object

string

>= 1 characters <= 36 characters

allowed_ips

Array<string>

Examples

example

Example request

id=550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440001&allowed_ips=198.51.100.25

object

string

>= 1 characters <= 36 characters

allowed_ips

Array<string>

Examples

example

Example request

{
  "id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440001",
  "allowed_ips": [
    "198.51.100.25"
  ]
}

Responses

201

The resource or action result was created successfully.

application/json

object

string

<= 36 characters

title

required

string

key

required

string

allowed_ips

Array<string>

created

required

string format: date-time

Examples

CreatedAPIKey

Created API key

{
  "id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440008",
  "title": "Production reporting",
  "key": "pk_live_7eb1db5a0b174eddb9e70718197780a8",
  "allowed_ips": [
    "198.51.100.25",
    "203.0.113.10"
  ],
  "created": "2026-07-01T12:30:00Z"
}

400

The request is malformed or violates a business rule.

application/json

Validation and API error payload. Field names may be added dynamically; field errors are returned as arrays of human-readable messages.

object

detail

string

non_field_errors

Array<string>

translation

Stable translation key suitable for client localisation.

string

key

additional properties

One of:

string
Array<string>

string

Examples

ValidationError

Validation error

{
  "non_field_errors": [
    "The request could not be processed."
  ],
  "translation": "errors.request.invalid"
}

401

Authentication credentials are missing, expired, or invalid.

application/json

Validation and API error payload. Field names may be added dynamically; field errors are returned as arrays of human-readable messages.

object

detail

string

non_field_errors

Array<string>

translation

Stable translation key suitable for client localisation.

string

key

additional properties

One of:

string
Array<string>

string

Examples

AuthenticationRequired

Authentication required

{
  "detail": "Authentication credentials were not provided."
}

403

The authenticated account cannot perform this operation.

application/json

Validation and API error payload. Field names may be added dynamically; field errors are returned as arrays of human-readable messages.

object

detail

string

non_field_errors

Array<string>

translation

Stable translation key suitable for client localisation.

string

key

additional properties

One of:

string
Array<string>

string

Examples

PermissionDenied

Permission denied

{
  "detail": "You do not have permission to perform this action."
}