PropelAuth
PropelAuth End-User API Keys API

Backend REST API for issuing, validating, listing, updating, and revoking end-user API keys that PropelAuth manages on behalf of your users and tenant organizations. Includes personal and org-scoped keys, imported legacy keys, and per-key usage reporting. Up to 5M validations / month with the Advanced API Keys add-on.
PropelAuth End-User API Keys API is one of 5 APIs that PropelAuth publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
This API exposes 1 machine-runnable capability that can be deployed as REST, MCP, or Agent Skill surfaces via Naftiko and 1 JSON Schema definition.
Tagged areas include Authentication, API Keys, Machine-to-Machine, and B2B. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation, an OpenAPI specification, sample payloads, 1 Naftiko capability spec, and 1 JSON Schema.
Documentation GitHub OpenAPI
OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: PropelAuth End-User API Keys API
  description: |
    Backend REST API for validating, issuing, listing, and revoking API keys that PropelAuth
    manages on behalf of your end users and tenant organizations. API keys can be scoped to a
    personal user, an organization, or imported from a legacy auth system. All endpoints
    require a PropelAuth Backend Integration API key.
  version: "1.0.0"
  contact:
    name: PropelAuth Support
    url: https://www.propelauth.com
    email: [email protected]
  license:
    name: PropelAuth Terms
    url: https://www.propelauth.com/legal/terms-of-service
servers:
  - url: https://{authId}.propelauthtest.com
    description: Test environment
    variables:
      authId:
        default: "0000000000"
  - url: https://auth.example.com
    description: Production / Staging custom domain
security:
  - BackendApiKey: []
tags:
  - name: API Keys
    description: Create, fetch, update, and delete end-user API keys
  - name: Validation
    description: Validate end-user, personal, organization, and imported API keys
  - name: Usage
    description: Inspect API key usage statistics
paths:
  /api/backend/v1/end_user_api_keys/validate:
    post:
      summary: Validate API Key
      description: |
        Validate an end-user API key and return the associated user, organization, and metadata.
        Use this endpoint at your API gateway / middleware layer to gate requests.
      operationId: validateApiKey
      tags: [Validation]
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required: [api_key_token]
              properties:
                api_key_token: { type: string, description: The raw API key the end user presented }
      responses:
        '200':
          description: API key validated
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiKeyValidationResult'
        '401':
          description: API key invalid or expired
  /api/backend/v1/end_user_api_keys/validate_imported:
    post:
      summary: Validate Imported API Key
      description: Validate an API key previously imported from an external auth system.
      operationId: validateImportedApiKey
      tags: [Validation]
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required: [api_key_token]
              properties:
                api_key_token: { type: string }
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Imported API key validated
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiKeyValidationResult'
  /api/backend/v1/end_user_api_keys:
    get:
      summary: Fetch Active API Keys
      description: Page through active API keys for your project.
      operationId: fetchActiveApiKeys
      tags: [API Keys]
      parameters:
        - name: page_size
          in: query
          schema: { type: integer, default: 10 }
        - name: page_number
          in: query
          schema: { type: integer, default: 0 }
        - name: user_id
          in: query
          schema: { type: string, format: uuid }
        - name: org_id
          in: query
          schema: { type: string, format: uuid }
        - name: user_email
          in: query
          schema: { type: string, format: email }
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Page of API keys
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiKeyPage'
    post:
      summary: Create API Key
      description: Create a new API key bound to a user, organization, or both.
      operationId: createApiKey
      tags: [API Keys]
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreateApiKeyRequest'
      responses:
        '201':
          description: API key created
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreateApiKeyResponse'
  /api/backend/v1/end_user_api_keys/{apiKeyId}:
    get:
      summary: Fetch API Key
      description: Return the metadata for a single API key. The plaintext token is never returned.
      operationId: fetchApiKey
      tags: [API Keys]
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ApiKeyId'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: API key metadata
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiKey'
    patch:
      summary: Update API Key
      description: Update mutable fields on an API key (metadata, expiration, etc.).
      operationId: updateApiKey
      tags: [API Keys]
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ApiKeyId'
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                expires_at_seconds: { type: integer }
                metadata:
                  type: object
                  additionalProperties: true
      responses:
        '200':
          description: API key updated
    delete:
      summary: Delete API Key
      description: Revoke an API key. Subsequent validations of the token will fail.
      operationId: deleteApiKey
      tags: [API Keys]
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ApiKeyId'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: API key deleted
  /api/backend/v1/end_user_api_keys/archived:
    get:
      summary: Fetch Expired API Keys
      description: Page through expired and revoked API keys.
      operationId: fetchExpiredApiKeys
      tags: [API Keys]
      parameters:
        - name: page_size
          in: query
          schema: { type: integer, default: 10 }
        - name: page_number
          in: query
          schema: { type: integer, default: 0 }
        - name: user_id
          in: query
          schema: { type: string, format: uuid }
        - name: org_id
          in: query
          schema: { type: string, format: uuid }
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Page of archived API keys
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiKeyPage'
  /api/backend/v1/end_user_api_keys/usage:
    get:
      summary: Fetch API Key Usage
      description: Return validation counts and usage stats for end-user API keys.
      operationId: fetchApiKeyUsage
      tags: [Usage]
      parameters:
        - name: start_time_seconds
          in: query
          schema: { type: integer }
        - name: end_time_seconds
          in: query
          schema: { type: integer }
        - name: user_id
          in: query
          schema: { type: string, format: uuid }
        - name: org_id
          in: query
          schema: { type: string, format: uuid }
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Usage report
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  validations: { type: integer }
                  cache_hits: { type: integer }
                  cache_misses: { type: integer }
  /api/backend/v1/end_user_api_keys/import:
    post:
      summary: Import API Key
      description: Import an existing API key generated by a legacy auth system.
      operationId: importApiKey
      tags: [API Keys]
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required: [api_key_token]
              properties:
                api_key_token: { type: string }
                user_id: { type: string, format: uuid }
                org_id: { type: string, format: uuid }
                expires_at_seconds: { type: integer }
                metadata:
                  type: object
                  additionalProperties: true
      responses:
        '201':
          description: API key imported
components:
  securitySchemes:
    BackendApiKey:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
  parameters:
    ApiKeyId:
      name: apiKeyId
      in: path
      required: true
      schema: { type: string, format: uuid }
  schemas:
    ApiKey:
      type: object
      properties:
        api_key_id: { type: string, format: uuid }
        created_at: { type: integer }
        expires_at_seconds: { type: integer }
        metadata:
          type: object
          additionalProperties: true
        user_id: { type: string, format: uuid }
        org_id: { type: string, format: uuid }
        type:
          type: string
          enum: [personal, org]
    ApiKeyPage:
      type: object
      properties:
        api_keys:
          type: array
          items: { $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiKey' }
        total_api_keys: { type: integer }
        current_page: { type: integer }
        page_size: { type: integer }
        has_more_results: { type: boolean }
    CreateApiKeyRequest:
      type: object
      properties:
        user_id: { type: string, format: uuid }
        org_id: { type: string, format: uuid }
        expires_at_seconds: { type: integer }
        metadata:
          type: object
          additionalProperties: true
    CreateApiKeyResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        api_key_id: { type: string, format: uuid }
        api_key_token: { type: string, description: The plaintext API key — returned only once. }
    ApiKeyValidationResult:
      type: object
      properties:
        user:
          type: object
          additionalProperties: true
        org:
          type: object
          additionalProperties: true
        metadata:
          type: object
          additionalProperties: true
        rate_limit:
          type: object
          properties:
            allowed: { type: boolean }
            limit: { type: integer }
            remaining: { type: integer }
            reset_at_seconds: { type: integer }
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