> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.shoply.gg/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Get the current key

> What the key in the request is: its name, the permissions it carries, the addresses it accepts, and the store it belongs to with that store's ID. Make this your first call. Every other address needs the store's ID, and `api` in the answer is where that store's routes begin.

An app's token is a key of the store it was approved for, and `app` says which app it is (null for the store's own keys): an app connected to many stores asks this to learn which store a token is for.

Any live key may ask it, whatever its permissions.

Any live API key may call this, whatever its permissions.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /api-reference/openapi.json get /key
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Shoply API
  version: '1'
  description: >-
    Everything a store's own server can do with a secret API key: its catalogue,
    orders, customers, marketing, finance and the rest of what the dashboard
    does. And the Customer API, which a buyer's own device asks with a token of
    theirs.
servers:
  - url: https://api.shoply.gg/v1
security:
  - apiKey: []
tags:
  - name: API key
  - name: Store
  - name: Domain
  - name: Payment methods
  - name: Analytics
  - name: Storefronts
  - name: Storefront code
  - name: Payment Routing
  - name: Custom payment methods
  - name: Products
  - name: Product pictures
  - name: Stock
  - name: Categories
  - name: Upsells
  - name: Subscriptions
  - name: Orders
  - name: Invoices
  - name: Reviews
  - name: Coupons
  - name: Coupon categories
  - name: Coupon pop-up
  - name: Sales
  - name: Blog
  - name: Search settings
  - name: Redirects
  - name: Sitemap
  - name: Cart Recovery
  - name: Email Marketing
  - name: Email Templates
  - name: Customers
  - name: Affiliates
  - name: Support Tickets
  - name: Blacklist
  - name: Fraud protection
  - name: Disputes
  - name: Finance
  - name: Tax
  - name: Expenses
  - name: Expense setup
  - name: API requests
  - name: Webhook endpoints
  - name: Webhook deliveries
  - name: Customer API
paths:
  /key:
    get:
      tags:
        - API key
      summary: Get the current key
      description: >-
        What the key in the request is: its name, the permissions it carries,
        the addresses it accepts, and the store it belongs to with that store's
        ID. Make this your first call. Every other address needs the store's ID,
        and `api` in the answer is where that store's routes begin.


        An app's token is a key of the store it was approved for, and `app` says
        which app it is (null for the store's own keys): an app connected to
        many stores asks this to learn which store a token is for.


        Any live key may ask it, whatever its permissions.


        Any live API key may call this, whatever its permissions.
      operationId: key.show
      parameters: []
      responses:
        '200':
          description: It worked.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  success:
                    type: boolean
                  message:
                    nullable: true
                  code:
                    nullable: true
                  data:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      key:
                        type: object
                        properties:
                          id:
                            type: string
                          name:
                            type: string
                          prefix:
                            type: string
                          scopes:
                            type: array
                            items:
                              type: string
                          allowedIps:
                            type:
                              - array
                              - object
                          allowedDomains:
                            type:
                              - array
                              - object
                          expiresAt:
                            nullable: true
                          expired:
                            type: boolean
                          createdAt:
                            type: string
                          lastUsedAt:
                            nullable: true
                          revokedAt:
                            nullable: true
                      app:
                        nullable: true
                      store:
                        type: object
                        properties:
                          id:
                            type: string
                          name:
                            type: string
                          slug:
                            type: string
                          url:
                            type: string
                      api:
                        type: string
              example:
                success: true
                message: null
                code: null
                data:
                  key:
                    id: a253e656-a027-41b4-8302-786fd85cc6a6
                    name: Order sync
                    prefix: shoply_sk_3f9a1c
                    scopes:
                      - store.read
                      - store.write
                    allowedIps: []
                    allowedDomains: []
                    expiresAt: null
                    expired: false
                    createdAt: '2026-10-22T16:20:18Z'
                    lastUsedAt: null
                    revokedAt: null
                  app: null
                  store:
                    id: 743d82fb-6aad-44bb-ab00-d54c4b0eecb7
                    name: Northwind Keys
                    slug: northwind
                    url: https://northwind.myshoply.gg
                  api: /v1/stores/743d82fb-6aad-44bb-ab00-d54c4b0eecb7
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NoKey'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotAllowed'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/TooMany'
      x-codeSamples:
        - lang: javascript
          label: Node.js
          source: |
            import Shoply from "@shoplygg/node";

            const shoply = new Shoply({ apiKey: process.env.SHOPLY_API_KEY });

            const result = await shoply.key.show();
        - lang: php
          label: PHP
          source: |
            <?php

            require 'vendor/autoload.php';

            $shoply = new Shoply\Client(['apiKey' => getenv('SHOPLY_API_KEY')]);

            $result = $shoply->key->show();
        - lang: python
          label: Python
          source: |
            import shoply

            client = shoply.Client()  # reads SHOPLY_API_KEY

            result = client.key.show()
components:
  responses:
    NoKey:
      description: >-
        No API key was sent, or the one sent is not a live key:
        `api_key_required`, `invalid_api_key`.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Refusal'
    NotAllowed:
      description: >-
        The key is real and may not do this: `missing_scope` (with
        `requiredScope`), `ip_not_allowed`, `account_unavailable`, or
        `dashboard_only` for something only a person in the dashboard may do.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Refusal'
    NotFound:
      description: >-
        There is no such thing in this store: `not_found`. A store that is not
        the key's own is answered the same way.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Refusal'
    TooMany:
      description: >-
        The key has used up its budget for now: `rate_limited`. `Retry-After`
        says how many seconds to wait.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Refusal'
  schemas:
    Refusal:
      type: object
      properties:
        success:
          type: boolean
          example: false
        message:
          type: string
          description: What is wrong, in words for a person.
        code:
          type: string
          description: What is wrong, as a word that does not change.
        data:
          nullable: true
        errors:
          type: object
          description: >-
            For `validation_failed`: what is wrong with each field, by the
            field's name.
          additionalProperties:
            type: string
      required:
        - success
        - message
        - code
  securitySchemes:
    apiKey:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: >-
        A secret API key, made under Developers in the dashboard:
        `Authorization: Bearer shoply_sk_...`

````

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