Create an API Key

The API Keys feature lets you generate an API key that you can use to authenticate Qwilt API requests. Access to this feature is determined by your user permissions.

Create a Key

To create an API key:

1. Login to QC Services.

2. Navigate to the Site Delivery or Media Delivery application, and from the navigation pane, select Administration.

   

3. In the API Keys page, select Add API Key.

4. In the API Access Key dialog, define the key parameters.
   

   Parameter	Description
   Name	The key name.
   Permission	An API key grants either read-only access or read-and-write access, enabling all operations. - Viewer: Grants access to get and list endpoints. - Editor: Grants access to all endpoints (get, list, create, update, delete).
   Valid for	Defines how long the API key remains valid, in days. The maximum allowed duration is 365 days.
   Description	An optional key description, which will be displayed in the API Keys list.

5. Select Submit. Keys require up to five minutes for propagation before they become active and are ready to use across all endpoints.

6. In the API Access Key dialog, download or copy the key for future use. Once you exit the API Access Key dialog, you will no longer have access to the key via the API Keys feature.
   

Revoke a Key

You may revoke a key at any time. Once a key is revoked, it cannot be re-enabled.

To revoke a key:

1. Login to QC Services.

2. Navigate to the Site Delivery or Media Delivery application, and from the navigation pane, select Administration.

3. In the API Keys page, a list of all the API Keys created by users in your organization is displayed.
   Hover over the key you want to revoke to display the Revoke icon.
   

4. Select the Revoke icon .

5. Confirm by selecting Revoke.