> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.orbit.devotel.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Create an API key

> Mint a new tenant API key. The key value is returned ONLY on this response (Cache-Control: no-store) — store it immediately. `mode: 'test'` activates sandbox-mode (no real provider hits, no billing). Optional per-key `allowed_ips` enforces an IP allowlist at auth time.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /openapi.yaml post /api/v1/settings/api-keys
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Devotel CPaaS API
  description: Orbit by Devotel — Communications Platform as a Service API
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: Devotel
    url: https://devotel.io
    email: support@devotel.io
  license:
    name: Proprietary
servers:
  - url: https://api.orbit.devotel.io
    description: Production
security:
  - Bearer: []
  - ApiKey: []
tags:
  - name: Messages
    description: >-
      Send and manage messages across all channels (SMS, WhatsApp, RCS, Email,
      Viber, etc.)
  - name: Fax
    description: >-
      List and track fax (MMS/T.38) transmissions on Telnyx-backed fax numbers
      (sending flows through the Messaging API)
  - name: Agents
    description: AI agent creation, configuration, and execution
  - name: Voice
    description: Voice calls, IVR, conferencing, and SIP trunking
  - name: OnCall
    description: On-call rotations and escalation policy planning for incident alerting
  - name: Webhooks
    description: Webhook endpoint management and delivery logs
  - name: Numbers
    description: Phone number search, provisioning, and configuration
  - name: Brand Identity
    description: >-
      Unified cross-channel brand trust posture (10DLC, toll-free, WhatsApp,
      RCS, branded calling, number KYC)
  - name: Contacts
    description: Contact management, segmentation, and lifecycle tracking
  - name: Campaigns
    description: Marketing campaign orchestration and analytics
  - name: Flows
    description: Automation flow builder and execution engine
  - name: Templates
    description: Message template management and approval workflows
  - name: Settings
    description: Organization, channel, and user preference settings
  - name: Verify
    description: OTP generation and verification across channels
  - name: Push
    description: Push notification delivery via FCM and APNs
  - name: Integrations
    description: Third-party service connections and OAuth management
  - name: CDP
    description: >-
      Customer Data Platform — activation surface (CRM object sync, streaming
      destinations, ad-audience activation)
  - name: Files
    description: >-
      Server-to-server media upload, listing, retrieval, and deletion
      (signed-URL backed)
  - name: Commerce
    description: >-
      Omnichannel conversational-commerce — persistent cart + checkout state
      machine, channel-agnostic hosted pay-by-link, native WhatsApp checkout,
      and AP2-style agent payment mandates.
  - name: Sync
    description: >-
      Real-time shared-state primitive (Twilio Sync parity) — Documents, Maps,
      Lists, and ephemeral Streams, with change events relayed over the
      /api/v1/ws/sync WebSocket gateway
paths:
  /api/v1/settings/api-keys:
    post:
      tags:
        - Settings
      summary: Create an API key
      description: >-
        Mint a new tenant API key. The key value is returned ONLY on this
        response (Cache-Control: no-store) — store it immediately. `mode:
        'test'` activates sandbox-mode (no real provider hits, no billing).
        Optional per-key `allowed_ips` enforces an IP allowlist at auth time.
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
                - name
              properties:
                name:
                  type: string
                  minLength: 1
                  maxLength: 100
                  description: >-
                    Human-readable label shown in the dashboard. Not used for
                    authentication.
                type:
                  type: string
                  enum:
                    - secret
                    - public
                  default: secret
                  description: >-
                    secret = server-only `dv_*_sk_*` key; public = browser-safe
                    `pk_*` key for the embed SDK.
                scopes:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: string
                  description: >-
                    API key permission scopes (e.g. messages:write). At least
                    one scope is required for keys minted after 2026-08-01;
                    empty-scope keys are deprecated and treated as
                    least-privilege (viewer) / will be rejected after the
                    grandfather deadline.
                mode:
                  type: string
                  enum:
                    - live
                    - test
                  default: live
                  description: >-
                    `test` keys never deliver messages and never bill; useful
                    for CI/staging.
                expiresIn:
                  type: string
                  enum:
                    - never
                    - 30d
                    - 90d
                    - 1y
                  default: never
                allowed_ips:
                  type: array
                  maxItems: 50
                  items:
                    type: string
                    minLength: 1
                    maxLength: 64
                  description: >-
                    Optional IP/CIDR allowlist. Auth middleware rejects requests
                    from a non-allowlisted source.
      responses:
        '201':
          description: API key created — store the `key` value now
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                description: API key created — store the `key` value now
                properties:
                  data:
                    type: object
                    additionalProperties: true
                    properties:
                      id:
                        type: string
                      key:
                        type: string
                        description: >-
                          Plaintext key. Returned exactly once; the API stores
                          only an HMAC. Format: `dv_(live|test)_(sk|pk)_*`.
                      name:
                        type: string
                      type:
                        type: string
                        enum:
                          - secret
                          - public
                      mode:
                        type: string
                        enum:
                          - live
                          - test
                      scopes:
                        type: array
                        items:
                          type: string
                      allowed_ips:
                        type:
                          - 'null'
                          - array
                        items:
                          type: string
                      expires_at:
                        type:
                          - 'null'
                          - string
                        format: date-time
                      created_at:
                        type: string
                        format: date-time
                      _warning:
                        type: string
                  meta:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      request_id:
                        type: string
                        description: >-
                          Unique request identifier (also returned in
                          X-Request-Id header)
                      timestamp:
                        type: string
                        format: date-time
                        description: ISO 8601 UTC timestamp of the response
        '422':
          description: Default Response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  error:
                    type: object
                    required:
                      - code
                      - message
                      - status
                    properties:
                      code:
                        type: string
                        description: >-
                          Machine-readable error code (e.g.
                          INVALID_PHONE_NUMBER)
                      message:
                        type: string
                        description: Human-readable error description
                      status:
                        type: integer
                        description: HTTP status code
                      details:
                        type: object
                        additionalProperties: true
                        description: Additional context about the error
                  meta:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      request_id:
                        type: string
                      timestamp:
                        type: string
                        format: date-time
                      docs_url:
                        type: string
                        format: uri
                        description: Link to relevant error documentation
components:
  securitySchemes:
    Bearer:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT
      description: Dashboard JWT token from Clerk
    ApiKey:
      type: apiKey
      name: X-API-Key
      in: header
      description: Server-to-server API key (dv_live_sk_*)

````