How do I create an API user and API key?

You can create an API user in cThings Cloud to programmatically access your devices and data via the cThings Cloud API. You can create API keys once the API user is created.

Creating an API user in cThings Cloud

1. Navigate to Users
2. Click New User
3. Select API User
4. Enter a Name and Organisation for your API user
5. Select a Role for your API user; this will determine what API endpoints the API user can access
6. Select an Asset that your API user can access (more assets can be added later)
7. Click Create User

Generating an API key

1. Navigate to the API user
2. Under the API Keys *tile, click *Add API Key
3. Name you API key to identify it's purpose
4. Click Add API Key

Updated on: 15/01/2025