--- title: Create Customer Signing Public Key description: Use the POST {{apiPath}}/v1/environments/{{envID}}/credentialSigningKeys operation to create a new credential signing public key. Set enabled to true to use the key for signing credentials and to be available for verifying credentials. Set it to false to make it available only for verifying credentials. component: pingone-api page_id: pingone-api:credentials:credential-signing-keys/create-customer-signing-public-key canonical_url: https://developer.pingidentity.com/pingone-api/credentials/credential-signing-keys/create-customer-signing-public-key.html section_ids: headers: Headers body: Body example-request: Example Request example-response: Example Response --- # Create Customer Signing Public Key ## ```none POST {{apiPath}}/v1/environments/{{envID}}/credentialSigningKeys ``` Use the `POST {{apiPath}}/v1/environments/{{envID}}/credentialSigningKeys` operation to create a new credential signing public key. Set `enabled` to `true` to use the key for signing credentials and to be available for verifying credentials. Set it to `false` to make it available only for verifying credentials. > **Collapse: Request Model** > > Refer to [Credential signing key data model](../credential-signing-keys.html#customer-credential-signing-request-data-model) for full property descriptions. > > | Property | Type | Required? | > | --------- | ------ | ----------------- | > | `enabled` | String | Required | > | `jwk` | Object | Required/Optional | > | `jwk.alg` | String | Required | > | `jwk.crv` | String | Required/Optional | > | `jwk.e` | String | Required/Optional | > | `jwk.kid` | String | Required | > | `jwk.kty` | String | Required | > | `jwk.n` | String | Required/Optional | > | `jwk.x` | String | Required/Optional | > | `jwk.y` | String | Required/Optional | > | `name` | String | Optional | ### Headers Authorization      Bearer {{accessToken}} Content-Type      application/json ### Body raw ( application/json ) ```json { "enabled": true, "jwk": { "kid": "customer-specified-key-id", "kty": "RSA", "alg": "RS256", "n": "jFfJCBv199-wMuUcW3MKaRH-DItx0xGji7JD2Agrm4JtiAJKD_g2xD4SwnQIkQdidTRnoAQ1UvUc7PlYNL7CaHCyzUw08E6QhbDxzbG2_lhDl7Y6Cljp23pkZ-40rBezqYuqOwgQv21FiiuA5LNSckH8ojdC_nvFUy4x2jKIFDAh_xEgdcTXZELrVbIdrqR2oFZXR_zIXPaoKl-67tQY1ttUopXqewzM31mKfj6JDfkbeGdaRhiBH_jlFTDbIE7metwsBnxucpQbDk1XlPmgsu8yZfbjJN19rhie7BTDS7BA5oYWizy8LBI6kUPkUTgqRRRhtyuVrWV1CXvpARrZvw", "e": "AQAB" } } ``` ## ### Example Request * cURL * C# * Go * HTTP * Java * jQuery * NodeJS * Python * PHP * Ruby * Swift ```shell curl --location --globoff '{{apiPath}}/v1/environments/{{envID}}/credentialSigningKeys' \ --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \ --header 'Authorization: Bearer {{accessToken}}' \ --data '{ "enabled": true, "jwk": { "kid": "customer-specified-key-id", "kty": "RSA", "alg": "RS256", "n": "jFfJCBv199-wMuUcW3MKaRH-DItx0xGji7JD2Agrm4JtiAJKD_g2xD4SwnQIkQdidTRnoAQ1UvUc7PlYNL7CaHCyzUw08E6QhbDxzbG2_lhDl7Y6Cljp23pkZ-40rBezqYuqOwgQv21FiiuA5LNSckH8ojdC_nvFUy4x2jKIFDAh_xEgdcTXZELrVbIdrqR2oFZXR_zIXPaoKl-67tQY1ttUopXqewzM31mKfj6JDfkbeGdaRhiBH_jlFTDbIE7metwsBnxucpQbDk1XlPmgsu8yZfbjJN19rhie7BTDS7BA5oYWizy8LBI6kUPkUTgqRRRhtyuVrWV1CXvpARrZvw", "e": "AQAB" } }' ``` ```csharp var options = new RestClientOptions("{{apiPath}}/v1/environments/{{envID}}/credentialSigningKeys") { MaxTimeout = -1, }; var client = new RestClient(options); var request = new RestRequest("", Method.Post); request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json"); request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer {{accessToken}}"); var body = @"{" + "\n" + @" ""enabled"": true," + "\n" + @" ""jwk"": {" + "\n" + @" ""kid"": ""customer-specified-key-id""," + "\n" + @" ""kty"": ""RSA""," + "\n" + @" ""alg"": ""RS256""," + "\n" + @" ""n"": ""jFfJCBv199-wMuUcW3MKaRH-DItx0xGji7JD2Agrm4JtiAJKD_g2xD4SwnQIkQdidTRnoAQ1UvUc7PlYNL7CaHCyzUw08E6QhbDxzbG2_lhDl7Y6Cljp23pkZ-40rBezqYuqOwgQv21FiiuA5LNSckH8ojdC_nvFUy4x2jKIFDAh_xEgdcTXZELrVbIdrqR2oFZXR_zIXPaoKl-67tQY1ttUopXqewzM31mKfj6JDfkbeGdaRhiBH_jlFTDbIE7metwsBnxucpQbDk1XlPmgsu8yZfbjJN19rhie7BTDS7BA5oYWizy8LBI6kUPkUTgqRRRhtyuVrWV1CXvpARrZvw""," + "\n" + @" ""e"": ""AQAB""" + "\n" + @" }" + "\n" + @"}"; request.AddStringBody(body, DataFormat.Json); RestResponse response = await client.ExecuteAsync(request); Console.WriteLine(response.Content); ``` ```golang package main import ( "fmt" "strings" "net/http" "io" ) func main() { url := "{{apiPath}}/v1/environments/{{envID}}/credentialSigningKeys" method := "POST" payload := strings.NewReader(`{ "enabled": true, "jwk": { "kid": "customer-specified-key-id", "kty": "RSA", "alg": "RS256", "n": "jFfJCBv199-wMuUcW3MKaRH-DItx0xGji7JD2Agrm4JtiAJKD_g2xD4SwnQIkQdidTRnoAQ1UvUc7PlYNL7CaHCyzUw08E6QhbDxzbG2_lhDl7Y6Cljp23pkZ-40rBezqYuqOwgQv21FiiuA5LNSckH8ojdC_nvFUy4x2jKIFDAh_xEgdcTXZELrVbIdrqR2oFZXR_zIXPaoKl-67tQY1ttUopXqewzM31mKfj6JDfkbeGdaRhiBH_jlFTDbIE7metwsBnxucpQbDk1XlPmgsu8yZfbjJN19rhie7BTDS7BA5oYWizy8LBI6kUPkUTgqRRRhtyuVrWV1CXvpARrZvw", "e": "AQAB" } }`) client := &http.Client { } req, err := http.NewRequest(method, url, payload) if err != nil { fmt.Println(err) return } req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json") req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer {{accessToken}}") res, err := client.Do(req) if err != nil { fmt.Println(err) return } defer res.Body.Close() body, err := io.ReadAll(res.Body) if err != nil { fmt.Println(err) return } fmt.Println(string(body)) } ``` ```http POST /v1/environments/{{envID}}/credentialSigningKeys HTTP/1.1 Host: {{apiPath}} Content-Type: application/json Authorization: Bearer {{accessToken}} { "enabled": true, "jwk": { "kid": "customer-specified-key-id", "kty": "RSA", "alg": "RS256", "n": "jFfJCBv199-wMuUcW3MKaRH-DItx0xGji7JD2Agrm4JtiAJKD_g2xD4SwnQIkQdidTRnoAQ1UvUc7PlYNL7CaHCyzUw08E6QhbDxzbG2_lhDl7Y6Cljp23pkZ-40rBezqYuqOwgQv21FiiuA5LNSckH8ojdC_nvFUy4x2jKIFDAh_xEgdcTXZELrVbIdrqR2oFZXR_zIXPaoKl-67tQY1ttUopXqewzM31mKfj6JDfkbeGdaRhiBH_jlFTDbIE7metwsBnxucpQbDk1XlPmgsu8yZfbjJN19rhie7BTDS7BA5oYWizy8LBI6kUPkUTgqRRRhtyuVrWV1CXvpARrZvw", "e": "AQAB" } } ``` ```java OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient().newBuilder() .build(); MediaType mediaType = MediaType.parse("application/json"); RequestBody body = RequestBody.create(mediaType, "{\n \"enabled\": true,\n \"jwk\": {\n \"kid\": \"customer-specified-key-id\",\n \"kty\": \"RSA\",\n \"alg\": \"RS256\",\n \"n\": \"jFfJCBv199-wMuUcW3MKaRH-DItx0xGji7JD2Agrm4JtiAJKD_g2xD4SwnQIkQdidTRnoAQ1UvUc7PlYNL7CaHCyzUw08E6QhbDxzbG2_lhDl7Y6Cljp23pkZ-40rBezqYuqOwgQv21FiiuA5LNSckH8ojdC_nvFUy4x2jKIFDAh_xEgdcTXZELrVbIdrqR2oFZXR_zIXPaoKl-67tQY1ttUopXqewzM31mKfj6JDfkbeGdaRhiBH_jlFTDbIE7metwsBnxucpQbDk1XlPmgsu8yZfbjJN19rhie7BTDS7BA5oYWizy8LBI6kUPkUTgqRRRhtyuVrWV1CXvpARrZvw\",\n \"e\": \"AQAB\"\n }\n}"); Request request = new Request.Builder() .url("{{apiPath}}/v1/environments/{{envID}}/credentialSigningKeys") .method("POST", body) .addHeader("Content-Type", "application/json") .addHeader("Authorization", "Bearer {{accessToken}}") .build(); Response response = client.newCall(request).execute(); ``` ```javascript var settings = { "url": "{{apiPath}}/v1/environments/{{envID}}/credentialSigningKeys", "method": "POST", "timeout": 0, "headers": { "Content-Type": "application/json", "Authorization": "Bearer {{accessToken}}" }, "data": JSON.stringify({ "enabled": true, "jwk": { "kid": "customer-specified-key-id", "kty": "RSA", "alg": "RS256", "n": "jFfJCBv199-wMuUcW3MKaRH-DItx0xGji7JD2Agrm4JtiAJKD_g2xD4SwnQIkQdidTRnoAQ1UvUc7PlYNL7CaHCyzUw08E6QhbDxzbG2_lhDl7Y6Cljp23pkZ-40rBezqYuqOwgQv21FiiuA5LNSckH8ojdC_nvFUy4x2jKIFDAh_xEgdcTXZELrVbIdrqR2oFZXR_zIXPaoKl-67tQY1ttUopXqewzM31mKfj6JDfkbeGdaRhiBH_jlFTDbIE7metwsBnxucpQbDk1XlPmgsu8yZfbjJN19rhie7BTDS7BA5oYWizy8LBI6kUPkUTgqRRRhtyuVrWV1CXvpARrZvw", "e": "AQAB" } }), }; $.ajax(settings).done(function (response) { console.log(response); }); ``` ```javascript var request = require('request'); var options = { 'method': 'POST', 'url': '{{apiPath}}/v1/environments/{{envID}}/credentialSigningKeys', 'headers': { 'Content-Type': 'application/json', 'Authorization': 'Bearer {{accessToken}}' }, body: JSON.stringify({ "enabled": true, "jwk": { "kid": "customer-specified-key-id", "kty": "RSA", "alg": "RS256", "n": "jFfJCBv199-wMuUcW3MKaRH-DItx0xGji7JD2Agrm4JtiAJKD_g2xD4SwnQIkQdidTRnoAQ1UvUc7PlYNL7CaHCyzUw08E6QhbDxzbG2_lhDl7Y6Cljp23pkZ-40rBezqYuqOwgQv21FiiuA5LNSckH8ojdC_nvFUy4x2jKIFDAh_xEgdcTXZELrVbIdrqR2oFZXR_zIXPaoKl-67tQY1ttUopXqewzM31mKfj6JDfkbeGdaRhiBH_jlFTDbIE7metwsBnxucpQbDk1XlPmgsu8yZfbjJN19rhie7BTDS7BA5oYWizy8LBI6kUPkUTgqRRRhtyuVrWV1CXvpARrZvw", "e": "AQAB" } }) }; request(options, function (error, response) { if (error) throw new Error(error); console.log(response.body); }); ``` ```python import requests import json url = "{{apiPath}}/v1/environments/{{envID}}/credentialSigningKeys" payload = json.dumps({ "enabled": True, "jwk": { "kid": "customer-specified-key-id", "kty": "RSA", "alg": "RS256", "n": "jFfJCBv199-wMuUcW3MKaRH-DItx0xGji7JD2Agrm4JtiAJKD_g2xD4SwnQIkQdidTRnoAQ1UvUc7PlYNL7CaHCyzUw08E6QhbDxzbG2_lhDl7Y6Cljp23pkZ-40rBezqYuqOwgQv21FiiuA5LNSckH8ojdC_nvFUy4x2jKIFDAh_xEgdcTXZELrVbIdrqR2oFZXR_zIXPaoKl-67tQY1ttUopXqewzM31mKfj6JDfkbeGdaRhiBH_jlFTDbIE7metwsBnxucpQbDk1XlPmgsu8yZfbjJN19rhie7BTDS7BA5oYWizy8LBI6kUPkUTgqRRRhtyuVrWV1CXvpARrZvw", "e": "AQAB" } }) headers = { 'Content-Type': 'application/json', 'Authorization': 'Bearer {{accessToken}}' } response = requests.request("POST", url, headers=headers, data=payload) print(response.text) ``` ```php setUrl('{{apiPath}}/v1/environments/{{envID}}/credentialSigningKeys'); $request->setMethod(HTTP_Request2::METHOD_POST); $request->setConfig(array( 'follow_redirects' => TRUE )); $request->setHeader(array( 'Content-Type' => 'application/json', 'Authorization' => 'Bearer {{accessToken}}' )); $request->setBody('{\n "enabled": true,\n "jwk": {\n "kid": "customer-specified-key-id",\n "kty": "RSA",\n "alg": "RS256",\n "n": "jFfJCBv199-wMuUcW3MKaRH-DItx0xGji7JD2Agrm4JtiAJKD_g2xD4SwnQIkQdidTRnoAQ1UvUc7PlYNL7CaHCyzUw08E6QhbDxzbG2_lhDl7Y6Cljp23pkZ-40rBezqYuqOwgQv21FiiuA5LNSckH8ojdC_nvFUy4x2jKIFDAh_xEgdcTXZELrVbIdrqR2oFZXR_zIXPaoKl-67tQY1ttUopXqewzM31mKfj6JDfkbeGdaRhiBH_jlFTDbIE7metwsBnxucpQbDk1XlPmgsu8yZfbjJN19rhie7BTDS7BA5oYWizy8LBI6kUPkUTgqRRRhtyuVrWV1CXvpARrZvw",\n "e": "AQAB"\n }\n}'); try { $response = $request->send(); if ($response->getStatus() == 200) { echo $response->getBody(); } else { echo 'Unexpected HTTP status: ' . $response->getStatus() . ' ' . $response->getReasonPhrase(); } } catch(HTTP_Request2_Exception $e) { echo 'Error: ' . $e->getMessage(); } ``` ```ruby require "uri" require "json" require "net/http" url = URI("{{apiPath}}/v1/environments/{{envID}}/credentialSigningKeys") http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port); request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url) request["Content-Type"] = "application/json" request["Authorization"] = "Bearer {{accessToken}}" request.body = JSON.dump({ "enabled": true, "jwk": { "kid": "customer-specified-key-id", "kty": "RSA", "alg": "RS256", "n": "jFfJCBv199-wMuUcW3MKaRH-DItx0xGji7JD2Agrm4JtiAJKD_g2xD4SwnQIkQdidTRnoAQ1UvUc7PlYNL7CaHCyzUw08E6QhbDxzbG2_lhDl7Y6Cljp23pkZ-40rBezqYuqOwgQv21FiiuA5LNSckH8ojdC_nvFUy4x2jKIFDAh_xEgdcTXZELrVbIdrqR2oFZXR_zIXPaoKl-67tQY1ttUopXqewzM31mKfj6JDfkbeGdaRhiBH_jlFTDbIE7metwsBnxucpQbDk1XlPmgsu8yZfbjJN19rhie7BTDS7BA5oYWizy8LBI6kUPkUTgqRRRhtyuVrWV1CXvpARrZvw", "e": "AQAB" } }) response = http.request(request) puts response.read_body ``` ```swift let parameters = "{\n \"enabled\": true,\n \"jwk\": {\n \"kid\": \"customer-specified-key-id\",\n \"kty\": \"RSA\",\n \"alg\": \"RS256\",\n \"n\": \"jFfJCBv199-wMuUcW3MKaRH-DItx0xGji7JD2Agrm4JtiAJKD_g2xD4SwnQIkQdidTRnoAQ1UvUc7PlYNL7CaHCyzUw08E6QhbDxzbG2_lhDl7Y6Cljp23pkZ-40rBezqYuqOwgQv21FiiuA5LNSckH8ojdC_nvFUy4x2jKIFDAh_xEgdcTXZELrVbIdrqR2oFZXR_zIXPaoKl-67tQY1ttUopXqewzM31mKfj6JDfkbeGdaRhiBH_jlFTDbIE7metwsBnxucpQbDk1XlPmgsu8yZfbjJN19rhie7BTDS7BA5oYWizy8LBI6kUPkUTgqRRRhtyuVrWV1CXvpARrZvw\",\n \"e\": \"AQAB\"\n }\n}" let postData = parameters.data(using: .utf8) var request = URLRequest(url: URL(string: "{{apiPath}}/v1/environments/{{envID}}/credentialSigningKeys")!,timeoutInterval: Double.infinity) request.addValue("application/json", forHTTPHeaderField: "Content-Type") request.addValue("Bearer {{accessToken}}", forHTTPHeaderField: "Authorization") request.httpMethod = "POST" request.httpBody = postData let task = URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: request) { data, response, error in guard let data = data else { print(String(describing: error)) return } print(String(data: data, encoding: .utf8)!) } task.resume() ``` ### Example Response 201 Created ```json { "_links": { "self": { "href": "https://api.pingone.com/v1/environments/abfba8f6-49eb-49f5-a5d9-80ad5c98f9f6/credentialSigningKeys/34ab57dc-8c7b-4377-95b2-a24672e8b70c" }, "environment": { "href": "https://api.pingone.com/v1/environments/abfba8f6-49eb-49f5-a5d9-80ad5c98f9f6" } }, "id": "34ab57dc-8c7b-4377-95b2-a24672e8b70c", "createdAt": "2025-06-27T13:56:20.046015831Z", "updatedAt": "2025-06-27T13:56:20.046015831Z", "environment": { "id": "abfba8f6-49eb-49f5-a5d9-80ad5c98f9f6" }, "name": "customer-specified-key-id", "enabled": true, "jwk": { "kty": "RSA", "kid": "customer-specified-key-id", "alg": "RS256", "n": "jFfJCBv199-wMuUcW3MKaRH-DItx0xGji7JD2Agrm4JtiAJKD_g2xD4SwnQIkQdidTRnoAQ1UvUc7PlYNL7CaHCyzUw08E6QhbDxzbG2_lhDl7Y6Cljp23pkZ-40rBezqYuqOwgQv21FiiuA5LNSckH8ojdC_nvFUy4x2jKIFDAh_xEgdcTXZELrVbIdrqR2oFZXR_zIXPaoKl-67tQY1ttUopXqewzM31mKfj6JDfkbeGdaRhiBH_jlFTDbIE7metwsBnxucpQbDk1XlPmgsu8yZfbjJN19rhie7BTDS7BA5oYWizy8LBI6kUPkUTgqRRRhtyuVrWV1CXvpARrZvw", "e": "AQAB" } } ```