# How can we use custom apikey instead of auto generate by kong for consumers in key-authentication

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**Created:** [June 1, 2018, 6:23am UTC](https://discuss.konghq.com/t/how-can-we-use-custom-apikey-instead-of-auto-generate-by-kong-for-consumers-in-key-authentication/1213 "2018-06-01T06:23:25Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 1, 2018, 6:23am UTC](https://discuss.konghq.com/t/how-can-we-use-custom-apikey-instead-of-auto-generate-by-kong-for-consumers-in-key-authentication/1213/1 "2018-06-01T06:23:25Z")

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How can we use a custom key instead of auto-generated by kong for Consumers credentials using a key-authentication plugin?  
Kong version 0.13.1

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**Post date:** [June 1, 2018, 6:42am UTC](https://discuss.konghq.com/t/how-can-we-use-custom-apikey-instead-of-auto-generate-by-kong-for-consumers-in-key-authentication/1213/2 "2018-06-01T06:42:16Z")

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```auto
curl -X POST http://kong:8001/consumers/{consumer}/key-auth --data 'key=yourValueHere' 

```

Should do the trick.