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# Obtain a new Key

To obtain a new key, perform a `PUT` request with the complete key configuration. Ensure that you specify all the mandatory details. The optional fields will be automatically populated with default values or left empty if not specified.

## Request

To get a new key for a pipeline, you can use the following request. Remember to replace the `{pipelineID}` with a valid ID of a pipeline to access its `key`.

```bash
curl --location \
--request POST 'https://monitoring.de-txl.ionos.com/pipelines/{pipelineID}/key' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN'
```

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Path Parameters" %}
You can update the `pipelineID` value to delete a specific pipeline:

| **Path Parameters** | **Type** | **Description**                | **Example**                            |
| ------------------- | -------- | ------------------------------ | -------------------------------------- |
| `pipelineID`        | string   | The ID (UUID) of the Pipeline. | `85c79b4b-5b40-570a-b788-58dd46ea71e2` |
| {% endtab %}        |          |                                |                                        |

{% tab title="Request Header Parameters" %}
To make authenticated requests to the API, the following fields are mandatory in the request header:

| **Header Parameters** | **Required** | **Type** | **Description**                                                                |
| --------------------- | ------------ | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| `Authorization`       | yes          | string   | The Bearer token enable requests to authenticate using a JSON Web Token (JWT). |
| {% endtab %}          |              |          |                                                                                |
| {% endtabs %}         |              |          |                                                                                |

## Response

Generates a new key for a pipeline invalidating the old one. The key is used for authentication when sending metrics.

```json
{
  "key": "momSrlgabcdef1234"
}
```


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