Create an API key
Create, scope, store, rotate, and revoke an OpenPond API key.
Create API keys from your OpenPond account, selecting only the capability groups your integration needs. A key is shown when it is created or rotated, so store it in your server-side secret manager immediately.
Use a server-side environment variable
bash
export OPENPOND_API_KEY="your-key"Do not expose this value in client-side JavaScript, screenshots, source control, or documentation examples.
Choose the smallest scope
Model listing needs opchat:model:read. Hosted model requests need
opchat:chat:create. Sandbox operations use the granular sandbox:* scopes.
Use authentication and scopes for
the full route-to-scope map.
Rotate safely
Create a replacement key, deploy it to the server-side secret store, verify one
request, then revoke the old key. Do not rotate by editing a committed .env
file.