SetApiKey

ApiKey Command (choco setapikey)

This lists API keys that are set or sets an api key for a particular source so it doesn’t need to be specified every time.

Anything that doesn’t contain source and key will list API keys.

Usage

    choco apikey [<options/switches>]
    choco setapikey [<options/switches>]

Examples

    choco apikey
    choco apikey -s https://somewhere/out/there
    choco apikey list
    choco apikey list -s https://somewhere/out/there
    choco apikey add -s="https://somewhere/out/there/" -k="value"
    choco apikey add -s "https://push.chocolatey.org/" -k="123-123123-123"
    choco apikey add -s "http://internal_nexus" -k="user:password"
    choco apikey remove -s https://somewhere/out/there

For source location, this can be a folder/file share or an http location. When it comes to urls, they can be different from the packages url (where packages are searched and installed from). As an example, for Chocolatey’s community package package repository, the package url is https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/, but the push url is https://push.chocolatey.org (and the deprecated https://chocolatey.org/ as a push url). Check the documentation for your choice of repository to learn what the push url is.

For the key, this can be an apikey that is provided by your source repository. With some sources, like Nexus, this can be a NuGet API key or it could be a user name and password specified as ‘user:password’ for the API key. Please see your repository’s documentation (for Nexus, please see https://ch0.co/nexus2apikey).

:choco-info: NOTE

See scripting in how to pass arguments (choco -?) for how to write proper scripts and integrations.

Connecting to Chocolatey.org (Community Package Repository)

In order to save your API key for https://push.chocolatey.org/, log in (or register, confirm and then log in) to https://push.chocolatey.org/, go to https://push.chocolatey.org/account, copy the API Key, and then use it in the following command:

    choco apikey add -k <your key here> -s https://push.chocolatey.org/

Exit Codes

Exit codes that normally result from running this command.

Normal:

0: operation was successful, no issues detected
-1 or 1: an error has occurred
2: nothing to do, apikey already set (enhanced)

:choco-info: NOTE

Starting in v2.3.0, if you have the feature ‘useEnhancedExitCodes’ turned on, then choco will provide enhanced exit codes that allow better integration and scripting.

If you find other exit codes that we have not yet documented, please file a ticket so we can document it at https://github.com/chocolatey/choco/issues/new/choose.

Options and Switches

:choco-info: NOTE

Options and switches apply to all items passed, so if you are running a command like install that allows installing multiple packages, and you use --version=1.0.0, it is going to look for and try to install version 1.0.0 of every package passed. So please split out multiple package calls when wanting to pass specific options.

Includes default options/switches (included below for completeness).


 -?, --help, -h
     Prints out the help menu.

     --online
     Online - Open help for specified command in default browser application. 
       This option only works when used in combintation with the -?/--help/-h 
       option.  Available in 2.0.0+

 -d, --debug
     Debug - Show debug messaging.

 -v, --verbose
     Verbose - Show verbose messaging. Very verbose messaging, avoid using 
       under normal circumstances.

     --trace
     Trace - Show trace messaging. Very, very verbose trace messaging. Avoid 
       except when needing super low-level .NET Framework debugging.

     --nocolor, --no-color
     No Color - Do not show colorization in logging output. This overrides 
       the feature 'logWithoutColor', set to 'False'.

     --acceptlicense, --accept-license
     AcceptLicense - Accept license dialogs automatically. Reserved for 
       future use.

 -y, --yes, --confirm
     Confirm all prompts - Chooses affirmative answer instead of prompting. 
       Implies --accept-license

 -f, --force
     Force - force the behavior. Do not use force during normal operation - 
       it subverts some of the smart behavior for commands.

     --noop, --whatif, --what-if
     NoOp / WhatIf - Don't actually do anything.

 -r, --limitoutput, --limit-output
     LimitOutput - Limit the output to essential information

     --timeout, --execution-timeout=VALUE
     CommandExecutionTimeout (in seconds) - The time to allow a command to 
       finish before timing out. Overrides the default execution timeout in the 
       configuration of 2700 seconds. Supply '0' to disable the timeout.

 -c, --cache, --cachelocation, --cache-location=VALUE
     CacheLocation - Location for download cache, defaults to %TEMP% or value 
       in chocolatey.config file.

     --allowunofficial, --allow-unofficial, --allowunofficialbuild, --allow-unofficial-build
     AllowUnofficialBuild - When not using the official build you must set 
       this flag for choco to continue.

     --failstderr, --failonstderr, --fail-on-stderr, --fail-on-standard-error, --fail-on-error-output
     FailOnStandardError - Fail on standard error output (stderr), typically 
       received when running external commands during install providers. This 
       overrides the feature failOnStandardError.

     --use-system-powershell
     UseSystemPowerShell - Execute PowerShell using an external process 
       instead of the built-in PowerShell host. Should only be used when 
       internal host is failing.

     --no-progress
     Do Not Show Progress - Do not show download progress percentages.

     --proxy=VALUE
     Proxy Location - Explicit proxy location. Overrides the default proxy 
       location of ''.

     --proxy-user=VALUE
     Proxy User Name - Explicit proxy user (optional). Requires explicit 
       proxy (`--proxy` or config setting). Overrides the default proxy user of 
       ''.

     --proxy-password=VALUE
     Proxy Password - Explicit proxy password (optional) to be used with user 
       name. Encrypted. Requires explicit proxy (`--proxy` or config setting) 
       and user name (`--proxy-user` or config setting).  Overrides the default 
       proxy password.

     --proxy-bypass-list=VALUE
     ProxyBypassList - Comma separated list of regex locations to bypass on 
       proxy. Requires explicit proxy (`--proxy` or config setting). Overrides 
       the default proxy bypass list of ''.

     --proxy-bypass-on-local
     Proxy Bypass On Local - Bypass proxy for local connections. Requires 
       explicit proxy (`--proxy` or config setting). Overrides the default 
       proxy bypass on local setting of 'True'.

     --log-file=VALUE
     Log File to output to in addition to regular loggers.

     --skipcompatibilitychecks, --skip-compatibility-checks
     SkipCompatibilityChecks - Prevent warnings being shown before and after 
       command execution when a runtime compatibility problem is found between 
       the version of Chocolatey and the Chocolatey Licensed Extension. 
       Available in 1.1.0+

     --ignore-http-cache
     IgnoreHttpCache - Ignore any HTTP caches that have previously been 
       created when querying sources, and create new caches. Available in 2.1.0+

 -s, --source=VALUE
     Source [REQUIRED] - The source location for the key

 -k, --key, --apikey, --api-key=VALUE
     ApiKey - The API key for the source. This is the authentication that 
       identifies you and allows you to push to a source. With some sources 
       this is either a key or it could be a user name and password specified 
       as 'user:password'.

Command Reference

:choco-info: NOTE

This documentation has been automatically generated from choco setapikey -h.

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Exit Codes
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