> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.scanova.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Generate an API key

> POST /web-tracking/sites/{site_id}/api-keys/generate/

Issues a new server-side API key for a tracking site. The raw key is returned **once**, in this response only — only its SHA-256 hash is stored, so it cannot be retrieved again afterward.

<Note>
  Requires the account's `CONVERSION_TRACKING` quota. A site may have at most **2 active** keys at once — a 3rd attempt returns `400` with `"You have reached the maximum limit of 2 active API keys for this tracking site."`. Deactivate or delete an existing key first.
</Note>

<ParamField path="site_id" type="integer" required>
  Tracking site ID.
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="name" type="string">
  Optional label to tell keys apart later (the list/retrieve endpoints only ever show the `prefix`, not the full key).
</ParamField>

<RequestExample>
  ```bash cURL theme={null}
  curl --request POST \
    --url 'https://api.scanova.io/web-tracking/sites/7/api-keys/generate/' \
    --header 'Authorization: YOUR_API_KEY' \
    --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    --data '{"name": "Server key"}'
  ```
</RequestExample>

<ResponseExample>
  ```json 201 theme={null}
  {
    "id": 5,
    "name": "Server key",
    "prefix": "aZ3kP9x1",
    "is_active": true,
    "created": "2026-09-09T08:00:00+05:30",
    "modified": "2026-09-09T08:00:00+05:30",
    "key": "aZ3kP9x1F7q2...40-char-raw-key"
  }
  ```
</ResponseExample>

<Warning>
  Store the `key` field immediately — this is the only response that ever includes it. Use it as the value for the Conversion Tracking server-events API key header, not this Management API key.
</Warning>

`404` if `site_id` isn't owned by this account; `400` if the 2-active-key limit is already reached.

## Related

* [List API keys](/api-reference/management-api/web-tracking/api-keys-list)
* [Retrieve / update / delete an API key](/api-reference/management-api/web-tracking/api-key-retrieve) — deactivate an old key to make room for a new one.
* [Management API overview](/api-reference/management-api/overview) — the auth scheme and quota architecture this endpoint is part of.


## OpenAPI

````yaml api-reference/openapi/management-api.json POST /web-tracking/sites/{site_id}/api-keys/generate/
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Scanova Management API (v2)
  description: >-
    The complete Scanova Management API — every endpoint available at
    api.scanova.io (QR codes, folders, tags, leads, forms, analytics, plans,
    shared users & roles), plus the token-creation and usage-stats endpoints
    used to authenticate against it. Every path and request/response shape below
    was verified live against a real API key and the actual running backend
    (Phase 7, 2026-08-16) — not guessed from reading urls.py alone.
  version: 2.0.0
servers:
  - url: https://api.scanova.io
    description: Management API — QR/folder/tag/lead/form/analytics/plans endpoints
security:
  - apiKeyAuth: []
paths:
  /web-tracking/sites/{site_id}/api-keys/generate/:
    post:
      summary: Generate an API key
      description: The raw key is returned once, in this response only.
      operationId: generateTrackingSiteApiKey
      parameters:
        - name: site_id
          in: path
          required: true
          schema:
            type: integer
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            example:
              name: Server key
      responses:
        '201':
          description: API key generated.
          content:
            application/json:
              example:
                id: 5
                name: Server key
                prefix: aZ3kP9x1
                is_active: true
                created: '2026-09-01T10:06:00+05:30'
                modified: '2026-09-01T10:06:00+05:30'
                key: aZ3kP9x1F7q2...40-char-raw-key
        '400':
          description: Site already has 2 active API keys.
        '404':
          description: No site with this id owned by this account.
components:
  securitySchemes:
    apiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: Authorization
      description: >-
        Send your Management API key as the raw value of the Authorization
        header — no "Bearer " or "Token " prefix, and no other characters.
        Example: `Authorization: 401f7ac837da42b97f613d789819ff93537bee6a`. A
        header containing more than one space-separated part is rejected
        outright. Requests also require the request's Host header to be the
        management API host (e.g. api.scanova.io) — the same key sent to the
        regular API host will not authenticate.

````