Create Sub-Account API Key

Creates an API key owned by the sub account. Parent credentials must belong to the parent account and include sub-account-api-keys:write; sub-account credentials cannot manage nested API keys. The returned secret_key authenticates as the child account and should be stored immediately.

Bootstrap example:

1. Create the sub account with POST /v2/accounts/{account_id}/sub-accounts and a unique Idempotency-Key.
2. Create the bootstrap child API key with this endpoint and a different unique Idempotency-Key.
3. Store the one-time secret_key from the 201 response. Exact idempotent replays within 5 minutes return the same secret_key.
4. Use that child secret with the child sub_account_id as the account_id on ordinary v2 routes.

POST /v2/accounts/{account_id}/sub-accounts/{sub_account_id}/api-keys

AhaSend Go SDK

Go

package main

import (
  "context"
  "fmt"
  "log"

  "github.com/AhaSend/ahasend-go/api"
  "github.com/AhaSend/ahasend-go/models/requests"
  "github.com/google/uuid"
)

func main() {
  // Create API client with authentication
  client := api.NewAPIClient(
    api.WithAPIKey("aha-sk-your-64-character-key"),
  )

  accountID := uuid.New()
  subAccountID := uuid.New()

  // Create context for the API call
  ctx := context.Background()

  // Bootstrap an API key for the sub-account (idempotency key makes retries safe)
  response, httpResp, err := client.SubAccountsAPI.CreateSubAccountAPIKey(
    ctx,
    accountID,
    subAccountID,
    requests.CreateAPIKeyRequest{
      Label:  "Bootstrap key",
      Scopes: []string{"messages:send:all", "domains:read"},
      // Optional: restrict the sub-account key to specific source IPs.
      IPAllowList: []string{"203.0.113.0/24"},
    },
    api.WithIdempotencyKey("child-bootstrap-key-20240101-acme"),
  )
  if err != nil {
    log.Fatalf("Error creating sub-account API key: %v", err)
  }

  if httpResp.StatusCode == 201 {
    fmt.Printf("✅ Sub-account API key created. Status: %d\n", httpResp.StatusCode)
    fmt.Printf("ID: %s\n", response.ID)
    fmt.Printf("Label: %s\n", response.Label)
    fmt.Printf("Public key: %s\n", response.PublicKey)
    // SecretKey is the one-time secret, returned ONLY on create.
    if response.SecretKey != nil {
      // Store this value immediately — it cannot be retrieved again later.
      fmt.Printf("Secret key (store this now, shown only once): %s\n", *response.SecretKey)
    }
  } else {
    fmt.Printf("❌ Unexpected status code: %d\n", httpResp.StatusCode)
  }
}

201

{
  "object": "api_key",
  "id": "13b3aa8e-78d3-48a1-92d2-4b8b1228c2dd",
  "created_at": "2024-01-01T00:05:00Z",
  "updated_at": "2024-01-01T00:05:00Z",
  "last_used_at": null,
  "account_id": "2f3c5d2a-9ef8-4c91-a5f4-79990c8c1d3a",
  "label": "Bootstrap key",
  "public_key": "aha-pk-child-public-key",
  "secret_key": "aha-sk-child-secret-key",
  "scopes": [
    {
      "id": "c574470d-76ef-4f74-9b24-70a583a17e03",
      "created_at": "2024-01-01T00:05:00Z",
      "updated_at": "2024-01-01T00:05:00Z",
      "api_key_id": "13b3aa8e-78d3-48a1-92d2-4b8b1228c2dd",
      "scope": "messages:send:all",
      "domain_id": null
    }
  ],
  "ip_allow_list": []
}

Platform Partner feature: Sub Accounts is part of our Platform Partner capabilities and is currently in early access. Contact us to enable it on your account.

Authorizations

Authorization · string · header · required

API key for authentication

Headers

Idempotency-Key · string

Optional idempotency key for safe request retries. Must be a unique string for each logical request. Requests with the same key will return the same response. Keys for non-secret responses expire after 24 hours. API-key create responses include a one-time secret_key, so their encrypted replay responses expire after 5 minutes.

Maximum string length: 255

Path Parameters

account_id · string<uuid> · required

Parent account ID

sub_account_id · string<uuid> · required

Sub account ID

Body

application/json

label · string · required

Human-readable label for the API key; must not be empty

Required string length: 1 - 255

scopes · string[] · required

Array of scope strings to grant to this API key

Minimum array length: 1

ip_allow_list · string[]

Optional list of source IPs allowed to authenticate with this key. Each entry is a CIDR block (e.g. 203.0.113.0/24) or a bare IPv4/IPv6 address (stored as a /32 or /128). Entries are canonicalized (host bits are masked) and de-duplicated. The allow-all prefixes 0.0.0.0/0 and ::/0 are rejected, and at most 100 entries are allowed after de-duplication. Omit the field or pass an empty array to leave the key usable from any IP.

Response

201

application/json

Sub-account API key created successfully

object · enum<string> · required

Object type identifier

Available options: api_key

id · string<uuid> · required

Unique identifier for the API key

created_at · string<date-time> · required

When the API key was created

updated_at · string<date-time> · required

When the API key was last updated

account_id · string<uuid> · required

Account ID this API key belongs to

label · string · required

Human-readable label for the API key

public_key · string · required

Public portion of the API key

scopes · object[] · required

Scopes granted to this API key

Show child attributes

ip_allow_list · string[] · required

Source IPs allowed to authenticate with this API key, as canonical CIDR blocks (a bare address is stored as a /32 for IPv4 or /128 for IPv6). Always present; an empty array means the key may be used from any source IP. When non-empty, an authenticated request whose client IP is not covered by an entry is rejected with HTTP 403 on every v2 endpoint, regardless of the key's scopes.

last_used_at · string<date-time> | null

When the API key was last used (updates every 5-10 minutes)

secret_key · string

Secret key. Only returned when an API key is created, including exact idempotent replays of create requests within the 5-minute secret-bearing replay window. Store it immediately; list, get, update, and delete responses omit it.