API keys provide programmatic access to the Open Animate platform — use them in CI/CD pipelines, automated workflows, or any environment where browser login isn’t practical.
Create a key
Output:
The full key is only shown once at creation time. Store it securely.
List your keys
Shows all your keys with name, prefix, creation date, and last-used date.
Revoke a key
Immediately invalidates the key. Any requests using it will fail.
Using API keys
Environment variable (recommended)
CI/CD login
This saves the key to ~/.oanim/credentials.yaml so subsequent commands use it automatically.
Resolution order
When making API calls, the CLI resolves credentials in this order:
ANIMATE_API_KEY environment variableapi_key in ~/.oanim/credentials.yaml (saved by oanim login)
Set the env var in your CI secrets to avoid needing oanim login in pipelines.
API keys use the anim_ prefix followed by a short identifier and a secret:
Only the prefix is stored on the server — the full key is hashed with SHA-256. This means if you lose it, you’ll need to create a new one.
Limits
Each account can have up to 10 API keys. Revoke unused keys to make room for new ones. 
