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# yc iam api-key create

Create an API key for the specified service account

#### Command Usage

Syntax:

`yc iam api-key create [Flags...] [Global Flags...]`

#### Flags

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||Flag | Description ||
|| `--service-account-id` | `string`

service account id. ||
|| `--service-account-name` | `string`

service account name. ||
|| `--description` | `string`

Specifies a textual description of API key. ||
|| `--scopes` | `value[,value]`

Specifies list of scopes of API key. ||
|| `--expires-at` | `timestamp`

The date/time after which the API key is considered expired. ||
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#### Global Flags

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||Flag | Description ||
|| `--profile` | `string`

Set the custom configuration file. ||
|| `--debug` | Debug logging. ||
|| `--debug-grpc` | Debug gRPC logging. Very verbose, used for debugging connection problems. ||
|| `--no-user-output` | Disable printing user intended output to stderr. ||
|| `--retry` | `int`

Enable gRPC retries. By default, retries are enabled with maximum 5 attempts.
Pass 0 to disable retries. Pass any negative value for infinite retries.
Even infinite retries are capped with 2 minutes timeout. ||
|| `--cloud-id` | `string`

Set the ID of the cloud to use. ||
|| `--folder-id` | `string`

Set the ID of the folder to use. ||
|| `--folder-name` | `string`

Set the name of the folder to use (will be resolved to id). ||
|| `--endpoint` | `string`

Set the Cloud API endpoint (host:port). ||
|| `--token` | `string`

Set the OAuth token to use. ||
|| `--impersonate-service-account-id` | `string`

Set the ID of the service account to impersonate. ||
|| `--no-browser` | Disable opening browser for authentication. ||
|| `--format` | `string`

Set the output format: text (default), yaml, json, json-rest. ||
|| `--jq` | `string`

Query to select values from the response using jq syntax ||
|| `-h`, `--help` | Display help for the command. ||
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#### Examples

 * [Создать API-ключ](../../operations/authentication/manage-api-keys.md#cli_2)