---
title: "Create temporary credentials"
slug: "management-sts-creatests"
tags: ["Secure Token Service"]
updated: 2026-09-17T10:05:35Z
published: 2026-09-17T10:05:35Z
canonical: "api.ncloud-docs.com/management-sts-creatests"
---

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# Create temporary credentials

Available in Classic and VPC

Create temporary credentials for a sub account using the Secure Token Service.

## Request

This section describes the request format. The method and URI are as follows:

| Method | URI |
| --- | --- |
| POST | /api/v1/credentials |

### Request headers

For information about the headers common to all Secure Token Service APIs, see [Secure Token Service request headers](/docs/en/management-sts#%EC%9A%94%EC%B2%AD%ED%97%A4%EB%8D%94).

### Request body

You can include the following data in the body of your request:

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `durationSec` | Integer | Optional | Access key validity time (second) - 600-43200 (default: 3600) |
| `serialNumber` | String | Optional | Serial number - OTP device NRN \| MFA serial number |
| `tokenCode` | Integer | Optional | OTP verification code |

### Request example

The request example is as follows:

```
curl --location --request POST 'https://sts.apigw.ntruss.com/api/v1/credentials' \
--header 'x-ncp-apigw-timestamp: {Timestamp}' \
--header 'x-ncp-iam-access-key: {Access Key}' \
--header 'x-ncp-apigw-signature-v2: {API Gateway Signature}' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '{
	"durationSec": "43200"
}'
```

## Response

This section describes the response format.

### Response body

The response body includes the following data:

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `accessKey` | String | - | Access Key |
| `keySecret` | String | - | Secret Key |
| `createTime` | String | - | Creation date - ISO 8601 format |
| `expireTime` | String | - | Expiration date - ISO 8601 format |
| `useMfa` | Boolean | - | MFA authentication - `true` \| `false` - `true`: Authenticate - `false`: No authentication |

### Response status codes

For information about the HTTP status codes common to all Secure Token Service APIs, see [Secure Token Service response status codes](/docs/en/management-sts#%EC%9D%91%EB%8B%B5%EC%83%81%ED%83%9C%EC%BD%94%EB%93%9C).

### Response example

The response example is as follows:

```
{
    "accessKey": "ncp_iam_***************",
    "keySecret": "ncp_iam_**********************",
    "createTime": "2024-10-10T16:58:28Z",
    "expireTime": "2024-10-10T17:58:28Z",
    "useMfa": false
}
```