API Keys

API keys offer an alternate method of authentication to the Matatika API using a client ID and secret. Access using API key credentials is supported by the Matatika CLI and SDK, which allows a user to remain authenticated permanently.

Objects

API Key

Path	JSON Type	Format	Description
`id`	`string`	Version 4 UUID	The API key ID
`created`	`string`	ISO 8601 timestamp	The instant when the API key was created
`lastModified`	`string`	ISO 8601 timestamp	The instant when the API key was last modified
`name`	`string`		The API key name
`clientId`	`string`		The API key client ID
`profileId`	`string`		The API key owner profile ID

{
  "id" : "5fbf3be9-6f12-47a8-ac49-91fcc3b7a241",
  "created" : "2025-08-17T18:36:38.550378",
  "lastModified" : "2025-08-17T18:36:38.550378",
  "name" : "SIT-generated api key (2025-08-17T19:36:38.505425)",
  "clientId" : "pQj5JqjoKrqo4EwAjN8QgqWQJUdhW2bi",
  "profileId" : "auth0|5eb0327cbfd7490bff55feeb",
  "_links" : {
    "self" : {
      "href" : "https://app.matatika.com/api/apikeys/5fbf3be9-6f12-47a8-ac49-91fcc3b7a241"
    },
    "update apikey" : {
      "href" : "https://app.matatika.com/api/apikeys/5fbf3be9-6f12-47a8-ac49-91fcc3b7a241"
    },
    "delete apikey" : {
      "href" : "https://app.matatika.com/api/apikeys/5fbf3be9-6f12-47a8-ac49-91fcc3b7a241"
    },
    "profile" : {
      "href" : "https://app.matatika.com/api/profiles/auth0%7C5eb0327cbfd7490bff55feeb"
    }
  }
}

View all API keys

GET

/api/apikeys

Returns all API keys owned by the authenticated user profile.

Prerequisites

The authenticated user must own a Matatika account
The API key {apikey-id} must exist

Request

Example Snippets

cURL

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $ACCESS_TOKEN" 'https://app.matatika.com/api/apikeys/' -i -X GET \
    -H 'Accept: application/json, application/javascript, text/javascript, text/json'

Python (requests)

import requests

url = "https://app.matatika.com/api/apikeys/"

headers = {
  'Authorization': ACCESS_TOKEN
}

response = requests.request("GET", url, headers=headers)

print(response.text.encode('utf8'))

Response

200 OK

API key collection with HAL links.

{
  "_embedded" : {
    "apikeys" : [ {
      "id" : "ea1b190c-04e5-46b5-8fb7-84ee80923ed8",
      "created" : "2025-08-17T18:36:37.333819",
      "lastModified" : "2025-08-17T18:36:37.333819",
      "name" : "default",
      "clientId" : "j7omM7sEYIGystrLHspAGbCgh8DMypjQ",
      "profileId" : "auth0|5eb0327cbfd7490bff55feeb",
      "accessToken" : "eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCIsImtpZCI6IlJFRkNRamczTlRRMk16QTROalpHT0RjNFFUWkJOemMyTkRGR1FUSkVOVEEyUkRkR1JrSkRPQSJ9.eyJpc3MiOiJodHRwczovL2lkZW50aXR5Lm1hdGF0aWthLmNvbS8iLCJzdWIiOiJqN29tTTdzRVlJR3lzdHJMSHNwQUdiQ2doOERNeXBqUUBjbGllbnRzIiwiYXVkIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9hcHAubWF0YXRpa2EuY29tL2FwaSIsImlhdCI6MTc1NTQ1NTc5OCwiZXhwIjoxNzU1NTQyMTk4LCJndHkiOiJjbGllbnQtY3JlZGVudGlhbHMiLCJhenAiOiJqN29tTTdzRVlJR3lzdHJMSHNwQUdiQ2doOERNeXBqUSJ9.5MLsmG7N_161s9LPwezZM8CdqZPiE-gB3XHKwnIHsE5dT_c6cQ8tq6jYPVcx0AdV9F-w4qmVIM9WjWkwv7BJfk-xbTomyIWSpzyYLatZzhOxzH7WYK0pfw1aFoLZqLWI4U_DAseHHbfQYHTqmprUDu5DWxB7IpcUO0rEAHp6gPrxgAuBQB-F0Ve2Ki3s8W3Q6XHmsyc_bpVAEoxeWb-Ot1MztCyCODWvsaPHuzXH0ugsnrvpVnGyBblvCpIDM90o5aNoMOwFqxLuniRm6sfKPwYC2YaQv7t5VCKz1UHtkx1n18WjZnnPHSkPo-oF6dyrZl1IB5-01KU4LcaX9dScCQ",
      "_links" : {
        "self" : {
          "href" : "https://app.matatika.com/api/apikeys/ea1b190c-04e5-46b5-8fb7-84ee80923ed8"
        },
        "update apikey" : {
          "href" : "https://app.matatika.com/api/apikeys/ea1b190c-04e5-46b5-8fb7-84ee80923ed8"
        },
        "delete apikey" : {
          "href" : "https://app.matatika.com/api/apikeys/ea1b190c-04e5-46b5-8fb7-84ee80923ed8"
        },
        "profile" : {
          "href" : "https://app.matatika.com/api/profiles/auth0%7C5eb0327cbfd7490bff55feeb"
        }
      }
    }, {
      "id" : "5fbf3be9-6f12-47a8-ac49-91fcc3b7a241",
      "created" : "2025-08-17T18:36:38.550378",
      "lastModified" : "2025-08-17T18:36:38.550378",
      "name" : "SIT-generated api key (2025-08-17T19:36:38.505425)",
      "clientId" : "pQj5JqjoKrqo4EwAjN8QgqWQJUdhW2bi",
      "profileId" : "auth0|5eb0327cbfd7490bff55feeb",
      "_links" : {
        "self" : {
          "href" : "https://app.matatika.com/api/apikeys/5fbf3be9-6f12-47a8-ac49-91fcc3b7a241"
        },
        "update apikey" : {
          "href" : "https://app.matatika.com/api/apikeys/5fbf3be9-6f12-47a8-ac49-91fcc3b7a241"
        },
        "delete apikey" : {
          "href" : "https://app.matatika.com/api/apikeys/5fbf3be9-6f12-47a8-ac49-91fcc3b7a241"
        },
        "profile" : {
          "href" : "https://app.matatika.com/api/profiles/auth0%7C5eb0327cbfd7490bff55feeb"
        }
      }
    } ]
  },
  "_links" : {
    "self" : {
      "href" : "https://app.matatika.com/api/apikeys/?page=0&size=20"
    }
  },
  "page" : {
    "size" : 20,
    "totalElements" : 2,
    "totalPages" : 1,
    "number" : 0
  }
}

View an API key

GET

/api/apikeys/{apikey-id}

Returns the API key {apikey-id}.

Prerequisites

The authenticated user must own a Matatika account
The API key {apikey-id} must exist

Request

Example Snippets

cURL

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $ACCESS_TOKEN" 'https://app.matatika.com/api/apikeys/5fbf3be9-6f12-47a8-ac49-91fcc3b7a241' -i -X GET \
    -H 'Accept: application/json, application/javascript, text/javascript, text/json'

Python (requests)

import requests

url = "https://app.matatika.com/api/apikeys/5fbf3be9-6f12-47a8-ac49-91fcc3b7a241"

headers = {
  'Authorization': ACCESS_TOKEN
}

response = requests.request("GET", url, headers=headers)

print(response.text.encode('utf8'))

Response

200 OK

API key with HAL links.

{
  "id" : "5fbf3be9-6f12-47a8-ac49-91fcc3b7a241",
  "created" : "2025-08-17T18:36:38.550378",
  "lastModified" : "2025-08-17T18:36:38.550378",
  "name" : "SIT-generated api key (2025-08-17T19:36:38.505425)",
  "clientId" : "pQj5JqjoKrqo4EwAjN8QgqWQJUdhW2bi",
  "profileId" : "auth0|5eb0327cbfd7490bff55feeb",
  "_links" : {
    "self" : {
      "href" : "https://app.matatika.com/api/apikeys/5fbf3be9-6f12-47a8-ac49-91fcc3b7a241"
    },
    "update apikey" : {
      "href" : "https://app.matatika.com/api/apikeys/5fbf3be9-6f12-47a8-ac49-91fcc3b7a241"
    },
    "delete apikey" : {
      "href" : "https://app.matatika.com/api/apikeys/5fbf3be9-6f12-47a8-ac49-91fcc3b7a241"
    },
    "profile" : {
      "href" : "https://app.matatika.com/api/profiles/auth0%7C5eb0327cbfd7490bff55feeb"
    }
  }
}

Initialise an API key

POST

/api/apikeys

Initialises a new API key.

Prerequisites

The authenticated user must own a Matatika account

Request

Example Snippets

cURL

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $ACCESS_TOKEN" 'https://app.matatika.com/api/apikeys/' -i -X POST \
    -H 'Accept: application/json, application/javascript, text/javascript, text/json' \
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json'

Python (requests)

import requests

url = "https://app.matatika.com/api/apikeys/"

headers = {
  'Authorization': ACCESS_TOKEN
}

response = requests.request("POST", url, headers=headers)

print(response.text.encode('utf8'))

Response

200 OK

API key with HAL links.

{
  "id" : "5fbf3be9-6f12-47a8-ac49-91fcc3b7a241",
  "created" : "2025-08-17T18:36:38.473588779",
  "lastModified" : "2025-08-17T18:36:38.473589179",
  "profileId" : "auth0|5eb0327cbfd7490bff55feeb",
  "_links" : {
    "create apikey" : {
      "href" : "https://app.matatika.com/api/apikeys/5fbf3be9-6f12-47a8-ac49-91fcc3b7a241"
    }
  }
}

Create an API key

PUT

/api/apikeys/{apikey-id}

Creates the API key {apikey-id}.

Prerequisites

The authenticated user must own a Matatika account

Request

Body

API key resource.

{
  "name" : "SIT-generated api key (2025-08-17T19:36:38.505425)"
}

Example Snippets

cURL

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $ACCESS_TOKEN" 'https://app.matatika.com/api/apikeys/5fbf3be9-6f12-47a8-ac49-91fcc3b7a241' -i -X PUT \
    -H 'Accept: application/json, application/javascript, text/javascript, text/json' \
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    -d '{
  "name" : "SIT-generated api key (2025-08-17T19:36:38.505425)"
}'

Python (requests)

import requests

url = "https://app.matatika.com/api/apikeys/5fbf3be9-6f12-47a8-ac49-91fcc3b7a241"

data = {
  "name" : "SIT-generated api key (2025-08-17T19:36:38.505425)"
}
headers = {
  'Authorization': ACCESS_TOKEN
}

response = requests.request("PUT", url, headers=headers, data=data)

print(response.text.encode('utf8'))

Response

201 Created

API key with HAL links.

{
  "id" : "5fbf3be9-6f12-47a8-ac49-91fcc3b7a241",
  "created" : "2025-08-17T18:36:38.55037795",
  "lastModified" : "2025-08-17T18:36:38.55037835",
  "name" : "SIT-generated api key (2025-08-17T19:36:38.505425)",
  "clientId" : "pQj5JqjoKrqo4EwAjN8QgqWQJUdhW2bi",
  "clientSecret" : "XGulHHZCkTQ6JCrwgzEAgxfsgZqdaQvV9ooq0SJ6vwS5K4dm6WbnT8sdhyDQpDiG",
  "profileId" : "auth0|5eb0327cbfd7490bff55feeb",
  "_links" : {
    "self" : {
      "href" : "https://app.matatika.com/api/apikeys/5fbf3be9-6f12-47a8-ac49-91fcc3b7a241"
    },
    "update apikey" : {
      "href" : "https://app.matatika.com/api/apikeys/5fbf3be9-6f12-47a8-ac49-91fcc3b7a241"
    },
    "delete apikey" : {
      "href" : "https://app.matatika.com/api/apikeys/5fbf3be9-6f12-47a8-ac49-91fcc3b7a241"
    },
    "profile" : {
      "href" : "https://app.matatika.com/api/profiles/auth0%7C5eb0327cbfd7490bff55feeb"
    }
  }
}

Update an API key

PUT

/api/apikeys/{apikey-id}

Updates the API key {apikey-id}.

Prerequisites

The authenticated user must own a Matatika account

Request

Body

API key resource.

{
  "name" : "SIT-generated api key (2025-08-17T19:36:38.505425) (updated)"
}

Example Snippets

cURL

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $ACCESS_TOKEN" 'https://app.matatika.com/api/apikeys/5fbf3be9-6f12-47a8-ac49-91fcc3b7a241' -i -X PUT \
    -H 'Accept: application/json, application/javascript, text/javascript, text/json' \
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    -d '{
  "name" : "SIT-generated api key (2025-08-17T19:36:38.505425) (updated)"
}'

Python (requests)

import requests

url = "https://app.matatika.com/api/apikeys/5fbf3be9-6f12-47a8-ac49-91fcc3b7a241"

data = {
  "name" : "SIT-generated api key (2025-08-17T19:36:38.505425) (updated)"
}
headers = {
  'Authorization': ACCESS_TOKEN
}

response = requests.request("PUT", url, headers=headers, data=data)

print(response.text.encode('utf8'))

Response

200 OK

API key with HAL links.

{
  "id" : "5fbf3be9-6f12-47a8-ac49-91fcc3b7a241",
  "created" : "2025-08-17T18:36:38.550378",
  "lastModified" : "2025-08-17T18:36:39.498512754",
  "name" : "SIT-generated api key (2025-08-17T19:36:38.505425) (updated)",
  "clientId" : "pQj5JqjoKrqo4EwAjN8QgqWQJUdhW2bi",
  "profileId" : "auth0|5eb0327cbfd7490bff55feeb",
  "_links" : {
    "self" : {
      "href" : "https://app.matatika.com/api/apikeys/5fbf3be9-6f12-47a8-ac49-91fcc3b7a241"
    },
    "update apikey" : {
      "href" : "https://app.matatika.com/api/apikeys/5fbf3be9-6f12-47a8-ac49-91fcc3b7a241"
    },
    "delete apikey" : {
      "href" : "https://app.matatika.com/api/apikeys/5fbf3be9-6f12-47a8-ac49-91fcc3b7a241"
    },
    "profile" : {
      "href" : "https://app.matatika.com/api/profiles/auth0%7C5eb0327cbfd7490bff55feeb"
    }
  }
}

Delete an API key

DELETE

/api/apikeys/{apikey-id}

Deletes the API key {apikey-id}.

Prerequisites

The authenticated user must own a Matatika account
The API key {apikey-id} must exist

Request

Example Snippets

cURL

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $ACCESS_TOKEN" 'https://app.matatika.com/api/apikeys/5fbf3be9-6f12-47a8-ac49-91fcc3b7a241' -i -X DELETE \
    -H 'Accept: application/json, application/javascript, text/javascript, text/json'

Python (requests)

import requests

url = "https://app.matatika.com/api/apikeys/5fbf3be9-6f12-47a8-ac49-91fcc3b7a241"

headers = {
  'Authorization': ACCESS_TOKEN
}

response = requests.request("DELETE", url, headers=headers)

print(response.text.encode('utf8'))

Response

204 No Content

No response body provided.