API Keys
Users can create API keys under a user profile for API authentication to the MFT service.
From within a users profile the ability to create an API Key is available.
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Clicking Create API Key will generate the following view.
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API Key Name - Give the key a name so it can be identified.
Expiration - Keys can be given expiration dates, beware that expired keys break integrations.
Associated Entities - Keys can be associated with Organizations.
Permissions - Keys can be given access to different API types.
Once a key is created and saved it will be listed.
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Note : When using the API key from any external application the header should be called ApiKey
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