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How to create an API key in YakProject

Pull daily logs or time into a spreadsheet, BI tool or script with the YakProject API. A key acts as you, never with more access than you have, and only in the areas you choose.

Before you start

  • A YakProject login with access to the jobs you want to read

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Transcript

Give a reporting tool read-only access to your daily logs.

On Developers, select Create key, and name it after the tool that will use it, so you know which key to revoke later.

Every area starts at None. Set Daily reports to Read, and leave everything else at None, so the key can read logs but never change anything.

Create the key. YakProject shows it once, so copy it into your tool's secrets store now.

Steps

  1. Name the key ▶ 0:05

    On Developers, select Create key, then enter a Name.

    Create key form with the name filled in

  2. Choose what it can read ▶ 0:14

    Under access, set Daily reports to Read.

    Access by area with Daily reports set to Read

  3. Create and copy it ▶ 0:24

    Select Create key at the bottom of the form. Select Copy and store the key; it isn't shown again.

    New API key shown once with its copy control
ResultThe key is shown once; copy it into your tool's secret store.

Updated 2026-10-26