# apiKey

query · in the family [API key](/reference/api-key/)

## What it does

Look up one record — an API key — a machine credential for integrations.

A ApiKey by id, within the caller's OWN org-group family; requires authentication. A cross-tenant id reads as null (not-found) AND trips the rootId tripwire server-side.

## What happens

Reads only — changes nothing.

## Who may call it

Capability area: **System and integration setup** — Registers, connections and the settings your systems run on.

- Owner
- System Administrator
- An API key whose scope allows `api:apiKey`

## Arguments

| Name | Type | Required | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `id` | [ID](/types/#scalars) `ID!` | yes | The id of the record. |

## Returns

[ApiKey](/types/ApiKey/) — An ApiKey — the third-party / programmatic access credential. Issued ONLY by an org-group-level OWNER (the engine's LIVE ownership gate — the minting actor is a User whose Account holds group ownership); parent = the minting User. REACH DERIVES LIVE from the minter's CURRENT ownerships — the key works on exactly the group's orgs where the minter is also currently an org owner; ownership loss/re-grant is never a transition (re-grant REVIVES a not-doomed key). Descriptors ride the Roles grammar (allow/disallow, default-deny, disallow-wins), IMMUTABLE at birth; mandatory expiry ≤ 12 months (the scheduler fires active → expired — a DISTINCT doomed terminal). The secret shows ONCE at mintApiKey, hash-only at rest, and is presented only to exchangeApiKey → a 24 h-absolute no-idle API session. NOT searchable; the reads are -gated (integration config, off the floor).

## Example request

```graphql
query ExampleApiKey($id: ID!) {
  apiKey(id: $id) {
    id
    sysId
    type
    caption
    status
    parentId
    rootId
    createdAt
    updatedAt
    revisionNum
    revision
    expiresAt
  }
}
```

Variables:

```json
{
  "id": "01900000-0000-7000-8000-37386ae00000"
}
```

## Example response

```json
{
  "data": {
    "apiKey": {
      "id": "01900000-0000-7000-8000-37386ae00000",
      "sysId": "AK-EXMP-0000-000F",
      "type": "ApiKey",
      "caption": "Blue jeans",
      "status": "active",
      "parentId": "01900000-0000-7000-8000-065235280000",
      "rootId": "01900000-0000-7000-8000-a093dd800000",
      "createdAt": "2027-01-31T00:00:00.000Z",
      "updatedAt": "2027-01-31T00:00:00.000Z",
      "revisionNum": 1,
      "revision": "01900000-0000-7000-8000-b7960e180000",
      "expiresAt": "2027-01-31T00:00:00.000Z"
    }
  },
  "extensions": {
    "at": {
      "callId": "01EXAMPLE-CALL-ID",
      "version": {
        "requested": null,
        "serviced": {
          "name": "genesis",
          "number": 0
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
```

## Errors this call can answer

- `VALIDATION/INVALID` — Something in the request is not valid. ([VALIDATION](/errors/VALIDATION/))
- `AUTHN/REQUIRED` — Sign in to do this. ([AUTHN](/errors/AUTHN/))
- `AUTHZ/FORBIDDEN` — Your role does not allow this action. ([AUTHZ](/errors/AUTHZ/))
- `RATE_LIMIT/THROTTLED` — Too many requests in a short time. ([RATE_LIMIT](/errors/RATE_LIMIT/))
- `NOT_FOUND/*` — That record could not be found. ([NOT_FOUND](/errors/NOT_FOUND/))