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API keys in the portal

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Where your keys are#

Dashboard. Every key on your account is listed with:

ColumnMeaning
LabelThe name given to the key, so you can tell several apart
API KeyMasked — first four and last four characters only
StatusSee below
Models AccessWhich document types this key may extract
UsageCredits consumed against this key's quota
Last UsedWhen the key last made a successful call, or Never

Two tiles at the top summarise the account: Active Keys and Total Used.

Copying a key#

Keys are shown masked. Use the copy control on the Dashboard to put the full value on your clipboard — it is fetched only when you ask for it, so the full key never sits in the page.

Warning
Treat it like a password. It is billable: anyone holding it can spend your credits. Keep it in an environment variable, never in front-end code or source control.

Status values#

StatusWhat it meansWhat to do
ActiveWorking normally
ExpiredPast its expiry dateContact support for a renewal
RevokedSwitched off on our sideContact support
Quota ExhaustedUsage has reached the key's limitTop up, or ask for a higher quota

Expired and quota-exhausted keys return 401 and 402 respectively — see error codes.

Models Access#

A key can only extract the document types assigned to it. Requesting anything else returns 400 unknown_model.

To see the exact list a key permits, call models — it costs no credits — or open the Test API page, where the document-type dropdown is populated from it.

Note
Need a document type that is not on your key? Contact support@docxtract.io. Adding one requires no work on your side and often no new code on ours.

Getting another key#

Keys cannot be created from the portal. Ask support@docxtract.io.

A separate key per integration is worth requesting: usage becomes attributable per system, and one can be revoked without disturbing the others.

Usage and quota#

Usage counts credits, and credits are per page — a ten-page document costs ten. It is not a request counter.

This is separate from rate limiting, which caps requests per minute rather than total consumption. See rate limits and quotas.