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" : "a453be80-7faa-4096-9b1a-d3d6fe4a3816",
  "created" : "2025-06-19T10:15:47.661062",
  "lastModified" : "2025-06-19T10:15:47.661062",
  "name" : "SIT-generated api key (2025-06-19T11:15:47.593378)",
  "clientId" : "Q75PbDfy7GsDgPthZe8kMxbDxSDiJE0u",
  "profileId" : "auth0|5eb0327cbfd7490bff55feeb",
  "_links" : {
    "self" : {
      "href" : "https://app.matatika.com/api/apikeys/a453be80-7faa-4096-9b1a-d3d6fe4a3816"
    },
    "update apikey" : {
      "href" : "https://app.matatika.com/api/apikeys/a453be80-7faa-4096-9b1a-d3d6fe4a3816"
    },
    "delete apikey" : {
      "href" : "https://app.matatika.com/api/apikeys/a453be80-7faa-4096-9b1a-d3d6fe4a3816"
    },
    "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:443/api/apikeys/' -i -X GET \
    -H 'Accept: application/json, application/javascript, text/javascript, text/json'

Python (requests)

import requests

url = "https://app.matatika.com:443/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" : "aeb149f8-41dd-4b14-9cbd-0c64cb784122",
      "created" : "2025-06-19T10:15:46.476755",
      "lastModified" : "2025-06-19T10:15:46.476756",
      "name" : "default",
      "clientId" : "kThoJrmZia0fztb5zAIQIqplZqAX8Pn2",
      "profileId" : "auth0|5eb0327cbfd7490bff55feeb",
      "accessToken" : "eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCIsImtpZCI6IlJFRkNRamczTlRRMk16QTROalpHT0RjNFFUWkJOemMyTkRGR1FUSkVOVEEyUkRkR1JrSkRPQSJ9.eyJpc3MiOiJodHRwczovL2lkZW50aXR5Lm1hdGF0aWthLmNvbS8iLCJzdWIiOiJrVGhvSnJtWmlhMGZ6dGI1ekFJUUlxcGxacUFYOFBuMkBjbGllbnRzIiwiYXVkIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9hcHAubWF0YXRpa2EuY29tL2FwaSIsImlhdCI6MTc1MDMyODE0NywiZXhwIjoxNzUwNDE0NTQ3LCJndHkiOiJjbGllbnQtY3JlZGVudGlhbHMiLCJhenAiOiJrVGhvSnJtWmlhMGZ6dGI1ekFJUUlxcGxacUFYOFBuMiJ9.LVxf2FYzdSkqZx1zqywTRzEIavx2Zf9uTjFbQ9a82ga22AL_0J8OshcRfmjZk_PKbs8J1DCppgV6mRT9RXchBUvAmnGPDXvJ-1iIyk86b6jhPcvo6Zlq6w38BhtWW4c5lgaZiXk20rQv2QoCx_V_RlrDII3GwDxBARmaXAF9SKBDhtiDAXHXltHQ3B9s8zu1x6BakoPVcZsM6s9DUR5q1x4xou1V5a7AKfmCOKelzf5L-bybCAcYMFWqVnfESMjv3nZbIqJgCDSRah4msM-eGgqlXfGXFceuoSgoQ7Cc5Vr7PkUgP9Rq3Wi8qlL3ZPVfH-sWU-6wTZwOAO4gGXARnQ",
      "_links" : {
        "self" : {
          "href" : "https://app.matatika.com/api/apikeys/aeb149f8-41dd-4b14-9cbd-0c64cb784122"
        },
        "update apikey" : {
          "href" : "https://app.matatika.com/api/apikeys/aeb149f8-41dd-4b14-9cbd-0c64cb784122"
        },
        "delete apikey" : {
          "href" : "https://app.matatika.com/api/apikeys/aeb149f8-41dd-4b14-9cbd-0c64cb784122"
        },
        "profile" : {
          "href" : "https://app.matatika.com/api/profiles/auth0%7C5eb0327cbfd7490bff55feeb"
        }
      }
    }, {
      "id" : "a453be80-7faa-4096-9b1a-d3d6fe4a3816",
      "created" : "2025-06-19T10:15:47.661062",
      "lastModified" : "2025-06-19T10:15:47.661062",
      "name" : "SIT-generated api key (2025-06-19T11:15:47.593378)",
      "clientId" : "Q75PbDfy7GsDgPthZe8kMxbDxSDiJE0u",
      "profileId" : "auth0|5eb0327cbfd7490bff55feeb",
      "_links" : {
        "self" : {
          "href" : "https://app.matatika.com/api/apikeys/a453be80-7faa-4096-9b1a-d3d6fe4a3816"
        },
        "update apikey" : {
          "href" : "https://app.matatika.com/api/apikeys/a453be80-7faa-4096-9b1a-d3d6fe4a3816"
        },
        "delete apikey" : {
          "href" : "https://app.matatika.com/api/apikeys/a453be80-7faa-4096-9b1a-d3d6fe4a3816"
        },
        "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:443/api/apikeys/a453be80-7faa-4096-9b1a-d3d6fe4a3816' -i -X GET \
    -H 'Accept: application/json, application/javascript, text/javascript, text/json'

Python (requests)

import requests

url = "https://app.matatika.com:443/api/apikeys/a453be80-7faa-4096-9b1a-d3d6fe4a3816"

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" : "a453be80-7faa-4096-9b1a-d3d6fe4a3816",
  "created" : "2025-06-19T10:15:47.661062",
  "lastModified" : "2025-06-19T10:15:47.661062",
  "name" : "SIT-generated api key (2025-06-19T11:15:47.593378)",
  "clientId" : "Q75PbDfy7GsDgPthZe8kMxbDxSDiJE0u",
  "profileId" : "auth0|5eb0327cbfd7490bff55feeb",
  "_links" : {
    "self" : {
      "href" : "https://app.matatika.com/api/apikeys/a453be80-7faa-4096-9b1a-d3d6fe4a3816"
    },
    "update apikey" : {
      "href" : "https://app.matatika.com/api/apikeys/a453be80-7faa-4096-9b1a-d3d6fe4a3816"
    },
    "delete apikey" : {
      "href" : "https://app.matatika.com/api/apikeys/a453be80-7faa-4096-9b1a-d3d6fe4a3816"
    },
    "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:443/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:443/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" : "a453be80-7faa-4096-9b1a-d3d6fe4a3816",
  "created" : "2025-06-19T10:15:47.547149586",
  "lastModified" : "2025-06-19T10:15:47.547151586",
  "profileId" : "auth0|5eb0327cbfd7490bff55feeb",
  "_links" : {
    "create apikey" : {
      "href" : "https://app.matatika.com/api/apikeys/a453be80-7faa-4096-9b1a-d3d6fe4a3816"
    }
  }
}

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 (2025-06-19T11:15:47.593378)"
}

Example Snippets

cURL

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $ACCESS_TOKEN" 'https://app.matatika.com:443/api/apikeys/a453be80-7faa-4096-9b1a-d3d6fe4a3816' -i -X PUT \
    -H 'Accept: application/json, application/javascript, text/javascript, text/json' \
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    -d '{
  "name" : "SIT-generated api key (2025-06-19T11:15:47.593378)"
}'

Python (requests)

import requests

url = "https://app.matatika.com:443/api/apikeys/a453be80-7faa-4096-9b1a-d3d6fe4a3816"

data = {
  "name" : "SIT-generated api key (2025-06-19T11:15:47.593378)"
}
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" : "a453be80-7faa-4096-9b1a-d3d6fe4a3816",
  "created" : "2025-06-19T10:15:47.661061725",
  "lastModified" : "2025-06-19T10:15:47.661062425",
  "name" : "SIT-generated api key (2025-06-19T11:15:47.593378)",
  "clientId" : "Q75PbDfy7GsDgPthZe8kMxbDxSDiJE0u",
  "clientSecret" : "hI2xtqmoeDxPZCnDKzMJx9RBOGjy6Gs--1k8RQhr_XgPuHS39yKP4XoTuniSA-eb",
  "profileId" : "auth0|5eb0327cbfd7490bff55feeb",
  "_links" : {
    "self" : {
      "href" : "https://app.matatika.com/api/apikeys/a453be80-7faa-4096-9b1a-d3d6fe4a3816"
    },
    "update apikey" : {
      "href" : "https://app.matatika.com/api/apikeys/a453be80-7faa-4096-9b1a-d3d6fe4a3816"
    },
    "delete apikey" : {
      "href" : "https://app.matatika.com/api/apikeys/a453be80-7faa-4096-9b1a-d3d6fe4a3816"
    },
    "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 (2025-06-19T11:15:47.593378) (updated)"
}

Example Snippets

cURL

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $ACCESS_TOKEN" 'https://app.matatika.com:443/api/apikeys/a453be80-7faa-4096-9b1a-d3d6fe4a3816' -i -X PUT \
    -H 'Accept: application/json, application/javascript, text/javascript, text/json' \
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    -d '{
  "name" : "SIT-generated api key (2025-06-19T11:15:47.593378) (updated)"
}'

Python (requests)

import requests

url = "https://app.matatika.com:443/api/apikeys/a453be80-7faa-4096-9b1a-d3d6fe4a3816"

data = {
  "name" : "SIT-generated api key (2025-06-19T11:15:47.593378) (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" : "a453be80-7faa-4096-9b1a-d3d6fe4a3816",
  "created" : "2025-06-19T10:15:47.661062",
  "lastModified" : "2025-06-19T10:15:48.536234796",
  "name" : "SIT-generated api key (2025-06-19T11:15:47.593378) (updated)",
  "clientId" : "Q75PbDfy7GsDgPthZe8kMxbDxSDiJE0u",
  "profileId" : "auth0|5eb0327cbfd7490bff55feeb",
  "_links" : {
    "self" : {
      "href" : "https://app.matatika.com/api/apikeys/a453be80-7faa-4096-9b1a-d3d6fe4a3816"
    },
    "update apikey" : {
      "href" : "https://app.matatika.com/api/apikeys/a453be80-7faa-4096-9b1a-d3d6fe4a3816"
    },
    "delete apikey" : {
      "href" : "https://app.matatika.com/api/apikeys/a453be80-7faa-4096-9b1a-d3d6fe4a3816"
    },
    "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:443/api/apikeys/a453be80-7faa-4096-9b1a-d3d6fe4a3816' -i -X DELETE \
    -H 'Accept: application/json, application/javascript, text/javascript, text/json'

Python (requests)

import requests

url = "https://app.matatika.com:443/api/apikeys/a453be80-7faa-4096-9b1a-d3d6fe4a3816"

headers = {
  'Authorization': ACCESS_TOKEN
}

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

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

Response

204 No Content

No response body provided.