Restricted Keys (Scopes)

Limit an API key to specific resource:action scopes

Restrict an API key to a subset of the API with scopes. A key with no scopes is unrestricted (full access) — so every existing key keeps working; scopes are opt-in.

Scope	Grants
`*`	Everything
`contacts:*`	Every action on contacts
`contacts:read`	Exactly contacts read

Mint a restricted key

Pass scopes to POST /v1/api-keys. The scopes are stored on the key (authoritative) and returned in the response.

curl

curl -X POST https://be.graph8.com/v1/api-keys \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $G8_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"name": "read-only usage", "scopes": ["usage:read", "contacts:read"]}'
# => { "api_key_id": "...", "api_key_token": "g8_live_...", "scopes": ["usage:read","contacts:read"], ... }

Python

import httpx

r = httpx.post(
    "https://be.graph8.com/v1/api-keys",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {api_key}"},
    json={"name": "read-only usage", "scopes": ["usage:read", "contacts:read"]},
)

TypeScript

await fetch("https://be.graph8.com/v1/api-keys", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${apiKey}`, "Content-Type": "application/json" },
  body: JSON.stringify({ name: "read-only usage", scopes: ["usage:read", "contacts:read"] }),
});

Enforcement

A request to an endpoint whose required scope the key lacks returns 403 with { "type": "forbidden", "code": "403", ... }. An unscoped key passes every check.