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List API Keys

Required API Key: Admin
Method signature 
$client->listApiKeys()
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About this method

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Get a list of API keys.

Examples

Read the Algolia CLI documentation for more information.

List existing keys

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$client->listApiKeys();

Parameters

This method doesn't take any parameters.

Response

This section shows the JSON response returned by the API. Since each language encapsulates this response inside objects specific to that language and/or implementation, the actual type in your language might differ from what’s written here. You can view the response in the logs (using the getLogs method).

JSON format

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{
  "keys": [
    {
      "value": "0eb3e6308abccdf9b67d70ddacb418b4",
      "createdAt": 1513462891,
      "acl": ["search"],
      "validity": 0
    },
    {
      "value": "90dff5755e694f341fe68aaf6e41a6d4"
      "createdAt":1470244596,
      "acl":["search"],
      "validity":0,
      "description": "Search-only API Key"
    },
    {
      "value": "d6a23f212331969e41493051ede9865f",
      "createdAt": 1513610838,
      "acl": ["search"],
      "validity": 0
    }
  ]
}
keys
list of

keys âž” (api key)

value
string

The API key.
createdAt
number

The timestamp at which the key has been created.

Since admin API keys don’t have a creation date, this field isn’t returned for admin API keys.
acl
list

Set of permissions associated with the key.

The possible access controls are:

  • Search (search): allowed to perform search operations.
  • Browse Index (browse): allowed to retrieve all index data with the browse endpoint.
  • Add records (addObject): allowed to add or update a records in the index.
  • Delete records (deleteObject): allowed to delete an existing record.
  • List indices (listIndexes): allowed to get a list of all existing indices.
  • Delete index (deleteIndex): allowed to delete an index.
  • Get index settings (settings): allowed to read all index settings.
  • Set index settings (editSettings): allowed to update all index settings.
  • Use analytics API (analytics): allowed to retrieve data with the Analytics API.
  • Use recommendation API (recommendation): allowed to interact with the Recommendation API.
  • Use usage API (usage): allowed to retrieve data with the Usage API.
  • Access logs (logs): allowed to query the logs.
  • Get unretrievable attributes (seeUnretrievableAttributes): allowed to retrieve unretrievableAttributes for all operations that return records.
validity
integer

Timestamp of the date at which the key expires. A value of 0 means the key never expires.
indexes
list

The list of targeted indices. This field isn’t returned when empty.
description
string

Description for the key. This field isn’t returned when the description is empty.
maxHitsPerQuery
integer

Maximum number of hits this API key can retrieve in one query.

If zero, no limit is enforced and the field is not returned.
maxQueriesPerIPPerHour
integer

Maximum number of API calls per hour allowed from a given IP address or a user token.

Each time an API call is performed with this key, a check is performed. If the IP address or the user token at the origin of the call made more than the specified number of queries within the last hour, the API returns a 429 (Too Many Requests) status code.

If zero, the field is not returned.
queryParameters
URL-encoded query string

List query parameters that are applied for each query made with this API key.

If empty, the field is not returned and no query parameters are applied.
referers
list

Lists referrer restrictions for this API key. Leading or trailing asterisks (*) indicate wildcards.

For example:

  • https://algolia.com/* allows all referrers starting with https://algolia.com/
  • *.algolia.com allows all referrers ending with .algolia.com
  • *algolia.com* allows the whole domain algolia.com

If empty, this field isn’t returned and all referrers are allowed.
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