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API keys

API keys come with Pastepile Pro. A key is what identifies your automation to the API and the remote MCP endpoint: it unlocks never-expiring saves, 25 MB uploads, and 120 requests/min. The anonymous web flow and keyless reads stay free; a key is for the programmatic value on top.

  • Creating a key needs the Pro access key from your subscription email. Get Pastepile Pro if you do not have one.
  • No sign-up beyond the subscription. We store only the hash of the key. If you lose the key, generate another.
  • Generation cap: 5 new keys / day / IP. Revocation cap: 20 attempts / hour / IP.
  • Keys are independent. Generating a new one does not revoke any old key. Use the revocation secret shown at generation to revoke. Revocation is always free.

Have a free key from before?

Keys issued before paid access launched keep working during the migration window, under temporary limits of 10 requests/min and 100 creates/day. On September 8, 2026 writes from those keys stop; reads keep working and nothing you stored is deleted. Subscribing and creating a new key moves you over in one step. See pricing

Generate a key

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Your API key stays linked to this subscription: if the subscription ends, the API key stops working until you resubscribe. No Pro access key yet? Subscribe first.

Revoke a key

Paste the revocation secret (rvk_...) you saved when you generated the key. Once revoked the key is rejected on the next API request. We do not reveal whether the secret was wrong or unknown.

Lost the revocation secret too? Contact the operator with the key prefix and we can revoke it for you.