API keys for integrations

API keys for integrations

What API keys are for

An API key lets a script or another system connect to NexerIQ on your behalf — handy for things like an export script, a scheduled job, or your own custom tooling. It's a way to give trusted automation access without sharing your personal login.

Creating an API key

  1. Open Settings → Users & access → API keys and select New key.
  2. Give it a clear name that says what it's for (for example “Accounting export”).
  3. Choose the permissions it should have — only what that integration genuinely needs.
  4. Optionally set an expiry date.
  5. Create the key.

Copy it now — you only see it once

For your security, NexerIQ shows the full key only at the moment you create it. Copy it and store it somewhere safe straight away. If you lose it, you can't see it again — but you can simply create a new one.

Keeping keys safe

  • A key can never do more than the person who created it can — and it's good practice to scope it to even less.
  • Give each integration its own key, so you can turn one off without affecting the others.
  • If a key might be exposed, revoke or rotate it. Revoking takes effect immediately.

API key or something else?

API keys are for integrations you control. If a third-party app needs access that a user should be able to review and revoke themselves, that's a job for delegated access (the “connect to NexerIQ” sign-in flow) rather than a shared key.

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