> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Get API key

> Returns an API key by ID. Never includes the actual key value.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /api/openapi.json get /v1/api-keys/{id}
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: MeshQu API
  description: >-
    Governance infrastructure for policy-aware AI decisions. MeshQu does not run
    tools. It governs decisions about them.
  version: 1.9.0
  contact:
    name: MeshQu Support
    email: support@meshqu.com
  license:
    name: Proprietary
servers:
  - url: https://api.meshqu.com
    description: Deployed environment
security:
  - apiKey: []
    tenantId: []
tags:
  - name: Operations
    description: Health, readiness, metrics, and signing keys
  - name: Policies
    description: Policy management
  - name: Policy Groups
    description: Policy group management
  - name: Decisions
    description: Policy evaluation and recording
  - name: Chains
    description: Decision chain verification and sealing
  - name: Receipts
    description: Public receipt and bundle retrieval
  - name: Forms
    description: Attestation forms and public submission
  - name: Alerts
    description: Alert management and webhooks
  - name: Audit
    description: Audit log retrieval and verification
  - name: API Keys
    description: API key administration
  - name: Admin
    description: Tenant and platform administration
  - name: Dashboard
    description: Console dashboard data
  - name: Metrics
    description: Decision and overview metrics
  - name: Fields
    description: Field catalogue
  - name: Settings
    description: Tenant settings
  - name: Rule Creation Logs
    description: Rule authoring telemetry
paths:
  /v1/api-keys/{id}:
    get:
      tags:
        - API Keys
      summary: Get API key
      description: Returns an API key by ID. Never includes the actual key value.
      operationId: getV1ApiKeysById
      parameters:
        - schema:
            format: uuid
            type: string
          in: path
          name: id
          required: true
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Default Response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  id:
                    format: uuid
                    type: string
                  tenant_id:
                    format: uuid
                    type: string
                  name:
                    type: string
                  key_preview:
                    description: Key prefix + last 4 chars (e.g., "mqu_...x7Kf")
                    type: string
                  scopes:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: string
                      enum:
                        - policies:read
                        - policies:write
                        - decisions:evaluate
                        - decisions:read
                        - decisions:write
                        - alerts:read
                        - alerts:write
                        - audit:read
                        - audit:admin
                        - api-keys:admin
                        - members:read
                        - members:write
                        - tenants:provision
                  role:
                    type: string
                    enum:
                      - admin
                      - operator
                      - auditor
                      - viewer
                  expires_at:
                    anyOf:
                      - format: date-time
                        type: string
                      - type: 'null'
                  last_used_at:
                    anyOf:
                      - format: date-time
                        type: string
                      - type: 'null'
                  is_active:
                    type: boolean
                  created_at:
                    format: date-time
                    type: string
                  created_by:
                    anyOf:
                      - type: string
                      - type: 'null'
                  revoked_at:
                    anyOf:
                      - format: date-time
                        type: string
                      - type: 'null'
                  revoked_by:
                    anyOf:
                      - type: string
                      - type: 'null'
                required:
                  - id
                  - tenant_id
                  - name
                  - key_preview
                  - scopes
                  - role
                  - expires_at
                  - last_used_at
                  - is_active
                  - created_at
                  - created_by
                  - revoked_at
                  - revoked_by
        '404':
          description: Default Response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  error:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      code:
                        description: Error code
                        type: string
                      message:
                        description: Human-readable message
                        type: string
                      details:
                        description: Additional error details
                    required:
                      - code
                      - message
                  correlation_id:
                    description: Request correlation ID
                    type: string
                required:
                  - error
components:
  securitySchemes:
    apiKey:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: mqu_<token>
      description: >-
        MeshQu API key passed as a bearer token: `Authorization: Bearer mqu_…`.
        Mint one in the console (Settings → API keys).
    tenantId:
      type: apiKey
      name: X-MeshQu-Tenant-Id
      in: header
      description: >-
        Tenant UUID for multi-tenant isolation. Required on all authenticated
        routes — validated before authentication (middleware/tenant.ts), so a
        missing or non-UUID header returns 400 (MISSING_TENANT_ID /
        INVALID_TENANT_ID) before the API key is checked.

````