How to Manage Publishable API Keys

In this document, you’ll learn how to manage the publishable API keys using the admin APIs.

Overview

Publishable API keys allow you to associate a set of resources with an API key. You can then pass that API key in storefront requests to guarantee that processed or returned data is within the scope you defined when creating the API key.

Currently, publishable API keys can only be associated with sales channels.

Using the Admin APIs, you can manage your Publishable API Keys.

Note

Publishable API keys are only for client-side use. They can be publicly accessible in your code, as they are not authorized for the Admin API.

Scenario

You want to use or implement the following admin functionalities:

• Manage publishable keys including listing, creating, updating, and deleting them.
• Manage sales channels associated with a publishable API key including listing, adding, and deleting them from the publishable API key.

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Prerequisites

Medusa Components

It is assumed that you already have a Medusa backend installed and set up. If not, you can follow the quickstart guide to get started.

JS Client

This guide includes code snippets to send requests to your Medusa backend using Medusa’s JS Client, among other methods.

If you follow the JS Client code blocks, it’s assumed you already have Medusa’s JS Client installed and have created an instance of the client.

Medusa React

This guide also includes code snippets to send requests to your Medusa backend using Medusa React, among other methods.

If you follow the Medusa React code blocks, it's assumed you already have Medusa React installed and have used MedusaProvider higher in your component tree.

Authenticated Admin User

You must be an authenticated admin user before following along with the steps in the tutorial.

You can learn more about authenticating as an admin user in the API reference.

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List Publishable API Keys

You can retrieve a list of publishable API keys by sending a request to the List Publishable API Keys route:

• Medusa JS Client
• Medusa React
• Fetch API
• cURL

medusa.admin.publishableApiKeys.list()
.then(({ publishable_api_keys, count, limit, offset }) => {
  console.log(publishable_api_keys)
})

import { PublishableApiKey } from "@medusajs/medusa"
import { useAdminPublishableApiKeys } from "medusa-react"

const PublishabelApiKeys = () => {
  const { publishable_api_keys, isLoading } = 
    useAdminPublishableApiKeys()

  return (
    <div>
      {isLoading && <span>Loading...</span>}
      {publishable_api_keys && !publishable_api_keys.length && (
        <span>No Publishable API Keys</span>
      )}
      {publishable_api_keys && 
        publishable_api_keys.length > 0 && (
        <ul>
          {publishable_api_keys.map(
            (publishableApiKey: PublishableApiKey) => (
              <li key={publishableApiKey.id}>
                {publishableApiKey.title}
              </li>
            )
          )}
        </ul>
      )}
    </div>
  )
}

export default PublishabelApiKeys

fetch(`<BACKEND_URL>/admin/publishable-api-keys`, {
  credentials: "include",
})
.then((response) => response.json())
.then(({ publishable_api_keys, count, limit, offset }) => {
  console.log(publishable_api_keys)
})

curl -L -X GET '<BACKEND_URL>/admin/publishable-api-keys' \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>'

This request does not require any path parameters. You can pass it optional query parameters related to expanding fields and pagination, which you can check out in the API reference.

This request returns the following data in the response:

• publishable_api_keys: An array of publishable API keys.
• limit: The maximum number of keys that can be returned.
• offset: The number of keys skipped in the result.
• count: The total number of keys available.

Note

You can learn more about pagination in the API reference.

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Create a Publishable API Key

You can create a publishable API key by sending a request to the Create Publishable API Key route:

• Medusa JS Client
• Medusa React
• Fetch API
• cURL

medusa.admin.publishableApiKeys.create({
  title: "Web API Key",
})
.then(({ publishable_api_key }) => {
  console.log(publishable_api_key.id)
})

import { useAdminCreatePublishableApiKey } from "medusa-react"

const CreatePublishableApiKey = () => {
  const createKey = useAdminCreatePublishableApiKey()
  // ...

  const handleCreate = (title: string) => {
    createKey.mutate({
      title,
    })
  }

  // ...
}

export default CreatePublishableApiKey

fetch(`<BACKEND_URL>/admin/publishable-api-keys`, {
  method: "POST",
  credentials: "include",
  headers: {
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    title: "Web API Key",
  }),
})
.then((response) => response.json())
.then(({ publishable_api_key }) => {
  console.log(publishable_api_key.id)
})

curl -L -X POST '<BACKEND_URL>/admin/publishable-api-keys' \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
    "title": "Web API Key"
}'

This request requires a body parameter title, which is the title of the Publishable API Key.

It returns the created publishable API key in the response.

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Update a Publishable API Key

You can update a publishable API key’s details by sending a request to the Update Publishable API Key route:

• Medusa JS Client
• Medusa React
• Fetch API
• cURL

medusa.admin.publishableApiKeys.update(publishableApiKeyId, {
  title: "Web API Key",
})
.then(({ publishable_api_key }) => {
  console.log(publishable_api_key.id)
})

import { useAdminUpdatePublishableApiKey } from "medusa-react"

const UpdatePublishableApiKey = () => {
  const updateKey = useAdminUpdatePublishableApiKey(
    publishableApiKeyId
  )
  // ...

  const handleUpdate = (title: string) => {
    updateKey.mutate({
      title,
    })
  }

  // ...
}

export default UpdatePublishableApiKey

fetch(`<BACKEND_URL>/admin/publishable-api-keys/${publishableApiKeyId}`, {
  method: "POST",
  credentials: "include",
  headers: {
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    title: "Web API Key",
  }),
})
.then((response) => response.json())
.then(({ publishable_api_key }) => {
  console.log(publishable_api_key.id)
})

curl -L -X POST '<BACKEND_URL>/admin/publishable-api-keys/<PUBLISHABLE_API_KEY>' \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
    "title": "Web API Key"
}'

This request requires the ID of the publishable API key as a path parameter. In its body, it optionally accepts the new title of the publishable API key.

This request returns the update publishable API key object in the response.

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Revoke a Publishable API Key

Revoking a publishable API key does not remove it, but does not allow using it in future requests.

You can revoke a publishable API key by sending a request to the Revoke Publishable API Key route:

• Medusa JS Client
• Medusa React
• Fetch API
• cURL

medusa.admin.publishableApiKeys.revoke(publishableApiKeyId)
.then(({ publishable_api_key }) => {
  console.log(publishable_api_key.id)
})

import { useAdminRevokePublishableApiKey } from "medusa-react"

const PublishableApiKey = () => {
  const revokeKey = useAdminRevokePublishableApiKey(
    publishableApiKeyId
  )
  // ...

  const handleRevoke = () => {
    revokeKey.mutate()
  }

  // ...
}

export default PublishableApiKey

fetch(
  `<BACKEND_URL>/admin/publishable-api-keys/${publishableApiKeyId}/revoke`, 
  {
    method: "POST",
    credentials: "include",
  }
)
.then((response) => response.json())
.then(({ publishable_api_key }) => {
  console.log(publishable_api_key.id)
})

curl -L -X POST '<BACKEND_URL>/admin/publishable-api-keys/<PUBLISHABLE_API_KEY>/revoke' \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>'

This request requires the ID of the publishable API key as a path parameter. It returns the updated publishable API key in the response.

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Delete a Publishable API Key

You can delete a publishable API key by sending a request to the Delete Publishable API Key route:

• Medusa JS Client
• Medusa React
• Fetch API
• cURL

medusa.admin.publishableApiKeys.delete(publishableApiKeyId)
.then(({ id, object, deleted }) => {
  console.log(id)
})

import { useAdminDeletePublishableApiKey } from "medusa-react"

const PublishableApiKey = () => {
  const deleteKey = useAdminDeletePublishableApiKey(
    publishableApiKeyId
  )
  // ...

  const handleDelete = () => {
    deleteKey.mutate()
  }

  // ...
}

export default PublishableApiKey

fetch(`<BACKEND_URL>/admin/publishable-api-keys/${publishableApiKeyId}`, {
  method: "DELETE",
  credentials: "include",
})
.then((response) => response.json())
.then(({ id, object, deleted }) => {
  console.log(id)
})

curl -L -X DELETE '<BACKEND_URL>/admin/publishable-api-keys/<PUBLISHABLE_API_KEY>' \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>'

This request requires the ID of the publishable API key as a path parameter.

It returns the following data in the response:

• id: The ID of the deleted publishable API key.
• object: A string indicating the type of object deleted. By default, its value is publishable_api_key.
• deleted: A boolean value indicating whether the publishable API key was deleted or not.

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Manage Sales Channels of Publishable API Keys

This section covers how to manage sales channels in a publishable API key. This doesn’t affect sales channels and their data, only its association with the publishable API key.

List Sales Channels of a Publishable API Key

You can retrieve the list of sales channels associated with a publishable API key by sending a request to the List Sales Channels API Route:

• Medusa JS Client
• Medusa React
• Fetch API
• cURL

medusa.admin.publishableApiKeys
  .listSalesChannels(publishableApiKeyId)
.then(({ sales_channels }) => {
  console.log(sales_channels)
})

import { SalesChannel } from "@medusajs/medusa"
import { 
  useAdminPublishableApiKeySalesChannels,
} from "medusa-react"

const SalesChannels = () => {
  const { sales_channels, isLoading } = 
    useAdminPublishableApiKeySalesChannels(
      publishableApiKeyId
    )

  return (
    <div>
      {isLoading && <span>Loading...</span>}
      {sales_channels && !sales_channels.length && (
        <span>No Sales Channels</span>
      )}
      {sales_channels && sales_channels.length > 0 && (
        <ul>
          {sales_channels.map((salesChannel: SalesChannel) => (
            <li key={salesChannel.id}>{salesChannel.name}</li>
          ))}
        </ul>
      )}
    </div>
  )
}

export default SalesChannels

fetch(
  `<BACKEND_URL>/admin/publishable-api-keys/${publishableApiKeyId}/sales-channels`,
  {
    credentials: "include",
  }
)
.then((response) => response.json())
.then(({ sales_channels }) => {
  console.log(sales_channels)
})

curl -L -X GET '<BACKEND_URL>/admin/publishable-api-keys/<PUBLISHABLE_API_KEY>/sales-channels' \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>'

This request requires the ID of the publishable API key as a path parameter.

It returns an array of sales channels associated with the publishable API key in the response.

Add Sales Channels to Publishable API Key

You can add a sales channel to a publishable API key by sending a request to the Add Sales Channels API Route:

• Medusa JS Client
• Medusa React
• Fetch API
• cURL

medusa.admin.publishableApiKeys.addSalesChannelsBatch(
  publishableApiKeyId, 
  {
    sales_channel_ids: [
      {
        id: salesChannelId,
      },
    ],
  }
)
.then(({ publishable_api_key }) => {
  console.log(publishable_api_key.id)
})

import {
  useAdminAddPublishableKeySalesChannelsBatch,
} from "medusa-react"

const PublishableApiKey = () => {
  const addSalesChannels = 
    useAdminAddPublishableKeySalesChannelsBatch(
      publishableApiKeyId
    )
  // ...

  const handleAdd = (salesChannelId: string) => {
    addSalesChannels.mutate({
      sales_channel_ids: [
        {
          id: salesChannelId,
        },
      ],
    })
  }

  // ...
}

export default PublishableApiKey

fetch(
  `<BACKEND_URL>/admin/publishable-api-keys/${publishableApiKeyId}/sales-channels/batch`, 
  {
    method: "POST",
    credentials: "include",
    headers: {
      "Content-Type": "application/json",
    },
    body: JSON.stringify({
      sales_channel_ids: [
        {
          id: salesChannelId,
        },
      ],
    }),
  }
)
.then((response) => response.json())
.then(({ publishable_api_key }) => {
  console.log(publishable_api_key.id)
})

curl -L -X POST '<BACKEND_URL>/admin/publishable-api-keys/<PUBLISHABLE_API_KEY>/sales-channels/batch' \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
    "sales_channel_ids": [
      {
        "id": "<SALES_CHANNEL_ID>"
      }
    ]
}'

This request requires passing the ID of the publishable API key as a path parameter.

In its body parameters, it’s required to pass the sales_channel_ids array parameter. Each item in the array is an object containing an id property, with its value being the ID of the sales channel to add to the publishable API key.

You can add more than one sales channel in the same request by passing each of them as an object in the array.

This request returns the updated publishable API key in the response.

Delete Sales Channels from a Publishable API Key

You can delete a sales channel from a publishable API key by sending a request to the Delete Sales Channels API Route:

• Medusa JS Client
• Medusa React
• Fetch API
• cURL

medusa.admin.publishableApiKeys.deleteSalesChannelsBatch(
  publishableApiKeyId,
  {
    sales_channel_ids: [
      {
        id: salesChannelId,
      },
    ],
  }
)
.then(({ publishable_api_key }) => {
  console.log(publishable_api_key.id)
})

import { 
  useAdminRemovePublishableKeySalesChannelsBatch,
} from "medusa-react"

const PublishableApiKey = () => {
  const deleteSalesChannels = 
    useAdminRemovePublishableKeySalesChannelsBatch(
      publishableApiKeyId
    )
  // ...

  const handleDelete = (salesChannelId: string) => {
    deleteSalesChannels.mutate({
      sales_channel_ids: [
        {
          id: salesChannelId,
        },
      ],
    })
  }

  // ...
}

export default PublishableApiKey

fetch(
  `<BACKEND_URL>/admin/publishable-api-keys/${publishableApiKeyId}/sales-channels/batch`,
  {
    method: "DELETE",
    credentials: "include",
    headers: {
      "Content-Type": "application/json",
    },
    body: JSON.stringify({
      sales_channel_ids: [
        {
          id: salesChannelId,
        },
      ],
    }),
  }
)
.then((response) => response.json())
.then(({ publishable_api_key }) => {
  console.log(publishable_api_key.id)
})

curl -L -X DELETE '<BACKEND_URL>/admin/publishable-api-keys/<PUBLISHABLE_API_KEY>/sales-channels/batch' \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
    "sales_channel_ids": [
      {
        "id": "<SALES_CHANNEL_ID>"
      }
    ]
}'

This request requires the ID of the publishable API key as a path parameter.

In its body parameters, it’s required to pass the sales_channel_ids array parameter. Each item in the array is an object containing an id property, with its value being the ID of the sales channel to delete from the publishable API key.

You can delete more than one sales channel in the same request by passing each of them as an object in the array.

This request returns the updated publishable API key in the response.

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See Also

• Use publishable API keys in client requests