Adding API keys

Note: In Maximo® Manage, customer-managed users can use the feature channel to update their nonproduction instances to preview new features. For more information, see What's new in the feature channel for Maximo Manage.

When an API key is assigned to the external client, the external client can access and interact with data in the Manage system. The interaction happens by using the API key as an apikey query parameter or an apikey request header in REST API calls. REST API calls that use an API key do not create a persistent server connection, and the API key must be part of all REST API requests that the external client makes.

Procedure

  1. In the API Keys application, click Add API key.
  2. In the Add API key dialog, select the user for whom you are creating the API key, in the User field.
  3. Set Minutes Or Expiry Date to on if you want to specify an expiry date for the API key. Set it to off if you want to specify the expiry period in minutes.
  4. Click Create to add the API key.
    You can view the expiry date after you create the API key, in the resulting card of the API application.