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title: "User API key model"
description: "The current API reference does not document operations to list, create, delete, or update these keys."
canonical: https://docs.ordering.co/api-reference/guides/users-api-key-model/
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# User API key model

User API keys are credential material associated with a user. The current API reference does not document operations to list, create, delete, or update these keys.

| Field     | Meaning                                                |
| --------- | ------------------------------------------------------ |
| `id`      | Numeric record identifier.                             |
| `key`     | Secret API-key value. Treat it as credential material. |
| `user_id` | User account associated with the key.                  |

Here, `id` is the numeric record identifier and `key` is the secret value. Keep keys server-side, restrict access, and never include real key values in documentation or client logs.