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Client A P I

Create SSH key

Adds an SSH public key to the authenticated user account.

POST/api/client/account/ssh-keys
AuthorizationBearer <token>

Application API requests require an application API token, or a client API token, that belongs to a root administrator. Admin API requests require a client API token that belongs to a root administrator, and reject application API tokens. Client API requests require a client API token.

In: header

Request Body

application/json

TypeScript Definitions

Use the request body type in TypeScript.

Response Body

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

curl -X POST "https://example.com/api/client/account/ssh-keys" \  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \  -d '{    "name": "Example Resource",    "public_key": "ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIExampleKey [email protected]"  }'
{  "object": "ssh_key",  "attributes": {    "name": "Alanis McLaughlin",    "fingerprint": "T2b3VnvHWUmfhDOFLqzZg2VfLgqJhWxzrMUy8WZ+V8M",    "public_key": "-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----\r\nMCowBQYDK2VwAyEA5pcirT00fhr3cRV2u8diJnrtaP4YEQFD2i7hbSpJibY=\r\n-----END PUBLIC KEY-----",    "created_at": "2026-09-22T14:45:23+00:00"  }}