• Each form can have several API keys
• Each API Keys can have many request tokens
• Keys and tokens that decide if that form can be used

API keys has restrictions

• Keys expire after a set time
• Disabled keys never renew automatically. Generate a replacement key if needed.

Membership tiers and API keys

• New keys start with a seven-day lifetime.
• Your profile shows whether each key can renew automatically.
• Eligible keys renew for one month when the hosted form is opened or submitted; you do not need to log in.
• Older expired keys may need replacing. Use Generate API key in your profile; the hosted form link stays the same.

Generate API key

• On the profile page, under a contact form, click the generate API key button.
• A new API key is created and the full key is shown.
• Hosted forms look up the API key directly, so you do not need to write it down.
• Under the contact form the key is listed with the expiry date.

Request tokens

• For hosted forms the tokens are generated automatically.
• You do not need to generate tokens yourself.
• In the profile, each API key also has a generate token button.

Further steps

• Multiple API keys for the same form let a new key overlap with an older key you are replacing.

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