> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.lighton.ai/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Set company external API key > Creates or replaces the active company-level API key for the given provider. The previous key (if any) is deactivated. Key value is never returned. Requires company admin permission. ## OpenAPI ````yaml /api-reference/openapi-v3-company.yaml put /api/v3/company/external_keys/{provider} openapi: 3.1.0 info: title: LightOn API version: 3.15.0 (v3-company) description: >- LightOn gives you an API to search, parse, and ingest documents at scale. Build knowledge-retrieval pipelines without managing vector databases or OCR models. servers: - url: https://paradigm.lighton.ai security: [] tags: - name: Models description: Operations about AI models - name: Workspaces description: Operations about workspaces - name: Users description: Operations about users - name: User Groups description: Operations about user groups - name: Companies description: Operations about companies paths: /api/v3/company/external_keys/{provider}: put: tags: - Models summary: Set company external API key description: >- Creates or replaces the active company-level API key for the given provider. The previous key (if any) is deactivated. Key value is never returned. Requires company admin permission. operationId: api_v3_company_external_keys_update parameters: - in: path name: provider schema: type: string required: true requestBody: content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/SetExternalAPIKeyRequest' application/x-www-form-urlencoded: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/SetExternalAPIKeyRequest' multipart/form-data: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/SetExternalAPIKeyRequest' required: true responses: '200': content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ExternalAPIKeyResponse' description: >- Company key saved. The previous active key for this provider (if any) has been deactivated. '401': content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/APIV3ErrorResponse' examples: Unauthorized: value: id: null code: 401 error: unauthorized detail: >- Authentication credentials were not provided or are invalid. doc_url: https://developers.lighton.ai/errors#unauthorized description: Authentication credentials were not provided or are invalid '403': content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/APIV3ErrorResponse' examples: Forbidden: value: id: null code: 403 error: insufficient_permissions detail: You do not have permission to perform this action. doc_url: >- https://developers.lighton.ai/errors#insufficient_permissions description: Insufficient permissions '422': content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/APIV3ValidationErrorResponse' examples: ValidationError: value: id: null code: 422 error: validation_error detail: One or more fields failed validation. doc_url: https://developers.lighton.ai/errors#validation_error fields: : - error: required detail: This field is required. summary: Validation Error description: Request body is valid JSON but one or more fields failed validation '503': description: >- API is under maintenance. Check `GET /api/v3/system/status` for active periods and retry. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ServiceMaintenance503' security: - bearerAuth: [] components: schemas: SetExternalAPIKeyRequest: type: object properties: key: type: string description: >- Provider API key (e.g. sk-... for OpenAI). Stored encrypted — never returned in responses. maxLength: 512 label: type: string default: '' description: Optional human-readable label (e.g. 'Production key'). maxLength: 64 required: - key ExternalAPIKeyResponse: type: object description: Response serializer — never returns the key value. properties: id: type: integer provider: type: string label: type: string is_active: type: boolean created_at: type: string format: date-time scope: type: string readOnly: true required: - created_at - id - is_active - label - provider - scope APIV3ErrorResponse: type: object properties: id: type: - string - 'null' description: >- Job/resource id when one already exists (useful for async error diagnosis); null otherwise. code: type: integer description: HTTP status code error: type: string description: Error code used by the UI as a translation key detail: type: string description: Human-readable error message for developers doc_url: type: string description: Link to the error-code documentation page required: - code - detail - doc_url - error - id APIV3ValidationErrorResponse: type: object properties: id: type: - string - 'null' description: >- Job/resource id when one already exists (useful for async error diagnosis); null otherwise. code: type: integer description: HTTP status code error: type: string description: Error code used by the UI as a translation key detail: type: string description: Human-readable error message for developers doc_url: type: string description: Link to the error-code documentation page fields: type: object additionalProperties: type: array items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/APIV3FieldError' description: Field-level validation errors keyed by field name required: - code - detail - doc_url - error - id ServiceMaintenance503: type: object description: >- Returned by the maintenance middleware when the requested endpoint is blocked. required: - detail - error - mode properties: detail: type: string example: System is under maintenance. error: type: string example: service_maintenance mode: type: string enum: - full_shutdown - warning_banner description: >- `full_shutdown` blocks all traffic; `warning_banner` also blocks and shows a dismissible toast. reason: type: string description: Operator-supplied maintenance reason, if any. started_at: type: string format: date-time endpoint_category_names: type: array items: type: string description: >- Non-empty only for category-scoped periods. Empty means all endpoints are affected. APIV3FieldError: type: object properties: error: type: string description: Error code / translation key detail: type: string description: Human-readable description of the field error required: - detail - error securitySchemes: bearerAuth: type: http scheme: bearer description: >- Bearer authentication header of the form `Bearer `, where `` is your auth token. ````