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Create & Manage User API Keys - Web SDK
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Overview
You can use the Web SDK to create and manage user API keys that allow services to log in and interact with your app on behalf of an existing user without requiring the user to re-authenticate.
User API keys are managed as part of the API Key authentication provider but may only be created for users associated with a different, non-anonymous authentication provider.
User objects in the Web SDK include an ApiKeyAuth object that exposes
methods to work with that user's API keys.
Create a User API Key
To create a new user API key, call ApiKeyAuth.create() with an identifying
name for the key. The name must be a string that's unique among all of the
user's API keys.
Warning
Store the API Key Value
The SDK only returns the value of the user API key when you create it. Make
sure to store the key value securely so that you can use it to log in.
If you lose or do not store the key value there is no way to recover it.
You will need to create a new user API key.
const user = app.currentUser; const key = await user.apiKeys.create("myApiKey");
Look up a User API Key
To get an array that lists all of a user's API keys, call
ApiKeyAuth.fetchAll(). You can also find a specific API key by calling
ApiKeyAuth.fetch() with the key's _id.
const user = app.currentUser; // List all of a user's keys const keys = await user.apiKeys.fetchAll(); // Get a specific key by its ID const key = await user.apiKeys.fetch(API_KEY_ID);
Enable or Disable an API Key
You can enable or disable a user API key by calling ApiKeyAuth.enable() or
ApiKeyAuth.disable() with the key's _id. When a key is disabled, it
cannot be used to log in on behalf of the user.
// Get the ID of a User API Key const user = app.currentUser; const apiKeys = await user.apiKeys.fetchAll(); const keyId = apiKeys[0]["_id"]; // Enable the User API Key await user.apiKeys.enable(keyId); // Disable the User API Key await user.apiKeys.disable(keyId);
Delete an API Key
You can permanently delete a user API key by calling ApiKeyAuth.delete()
with the key's _id. Deleted keys can no longer be used to log in on behalf
of the user.
// Get the ID of a User API Key const user = app.currentUser; const apiKeys = await user.apiKeys.fetchAll(); const keyId = apiKeys.find((key) => key.name === "apiKeyToDelete")._id; // Delete the User API Key await user.apiKeys.delete(keyId);