Generate REST API Keys

This section describes how to generate new keys of both the Certificate and Shared secret key types.

REST API security keys enable you to securely communicate when sending and receiving REST API messages.

The REST API supports these two types of security keys:

Certificates
for using JSON Web Token authentication.

Shared secret (key pair)
for using HTTP signature authentication.

You can create these keys through the Integrations section of Settings. You can also submit your own public PEM-formatted certificate to use as your security key.

REST API keys expire after 3 years.

Treat your security keys as you would any secure password. If you use both test and production environments, you must use a separate key for each.

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