{"id":778,"date":"2026-10-12T08:39:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T13:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/realdialer.com\/help\/integrations-api-keys\/"},"modified":"2026-10-12T15:09:20","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T20:09:20","slug":"integrations-api-keys","status":"publish","type":"rd_doc","link":"https:\/\/realdialer.com\/help\/integrations\/integrations-api-keys\/","title":{"rendered":"Create and manage personal API keys"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>What it is<\/h2>\n<p>A personal API key lets an AI assistant, Zapier or your own tool work your account&#8217;s lists. The key acts as you, on this account only. It can find contacts, copy, move and remove them between lists, and create, merge, rename, tag and archive lists. It cannot dial, change do not call status, delete contacts or play recordings.<\/p>\n<h2>Where to find it<\/h2>\n<p>Settings &gt; Integrations &gt; API &amp; AI assistants<\/p>\n<figure class=\"rd-shot rd-shot-app\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/realdialer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/realdialer-help-integrations-api-keys.webp\" alt=\"Create and manage personal API keys in RealDialer\" width=\"1440\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><figcaption>Create and manage personal API keys in RealDialer.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Steps<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Under <strong>Create a key<\/strong>, give it a name, such as &#8220;Claude on my laptop&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li>Choose when it <strong>Expires<\/strong>: Never expires, 30 days, 90 days or 1 year.<\/li>\n<li>Turn <strong>Allow changes to lists<\/strong> on, or leave it off for a read only key.<\/li>\n<li>Press <strong>Create key<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Copy the key from <strong>Your new key: copy it now<\/strong> and store it somewhere safe, such as a password manager. Press <strong>I saved it<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Good to know<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>RealDialer shows the full key only once. Anyone holding it can change your lists.<\/li>\n<li>To pause a key, turn off its switch under <strong>Your keys<\/strong>. It works again the moment you turn it back on.<\/li>\n<li>To end a key for good, press <strong>Revoke<\/strong> and confirm.<\/li>\n<li>A key stops working at once if it is paused, revoked or expires, if you leave the account, or if your role no longer allows managing lists.<\/li>\n<li>Only an owner or manager can make keys. Callers see a note asking them to ask one.<\/li>\n<li>You can have up to 10 active keys.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A personal API key lets an AI assistant, Zapier or your own tool work your account&#8217;s lists. The key acts as you, on this account only. It can find contacts, copy, move and remove them between lists, and create, merge, rename, tag and archive lists. It cannot dial, change do not call status, delete c<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1442,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_rd_doc_route":"\/settings\/apikeys","_rd_doc_source_id":"integrations-api-keys","_rd_doc_checked":"2026-10-12","_rd_doc_meta_description":"A personal API key lets an AI assistant, Zapier or your own tool work your account's lists. The key acts as you, on this account only. It can find contacts, copy, move and remove them between lists, and create, merge, rename, tag and archive lists. It cannot dial, change do not call status, delete c","footnotes":""},"rd_doc_category":[27],"class_list":["post-778","rd_doc","type-rd_doc","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rd_doc_category-integrations"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/realdialer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rd_doc\/778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/realdialer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rd_doc"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/realdialer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rd_doc"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/realdialer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rd_doc\/778\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1443,"href":"https:\/\/realdialer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rd_doc\/778\/revisions\/1443"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/realdialer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/realdialer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"rd_doc_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/realdialer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rd_doc_category?post=778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}