Polar license_keys API

openapi: 3.0.1
info:
  title: Polar benefits license_keys API
  description: Polar is an open-source Merchant of Record (MoR) and monetization platform for developers. This document models the core organization-facing REST surface of the Polar API - products and prices, checkouts, customers, subscriptions, orders, benefits and license keys, usage meters and events, and webhooks. All requests are authenticated with a Bearer Organization Access Token. The canonical, machine-generated specification is published by Polar at https://api.polar.sh/openapi.json; this is a curated subset for the API Evangelist catalog.
  termsOfService: https://polar.sh/legal/terms
  contact:
    name: Polar Support
    email: support@polar.sh
    url: https://polar.sh/docs
  license:
    name: Apache-2.0
    url: https://github.com/polarsource/polar/blob/main/LICENSE
  version: 2026-04
servers:
- url: https://api.polar.sh/v1
  description: Production environment
- url: https://sandbox-api.polar.sh/v1
  description: Sandbox environment
security:
- oat: []
tags:
- name: license_keys
  description: License key issuance, validation, and activation.
paths:
  /license-keys/:
    get:
      operationId: licenseKeys:list
      tags:
      - license_keys
      summary: List License Keys
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A paginated list of license keys.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ListResourceLicenseKey'
  /license-keys/{id}:
    get:
      operationId: licenseKeys:get
      tags:
      - license_keys
      summary: Get License Key
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/IdPath'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The requested license key.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/LicenseKey'
  /license-keys/validate:
    post:
      operationId: licenseKeys:validate
      tags:
      - license_keys
      summary: Validate License Key
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
              - key
              - organization_id
              properties:
                key:
                  type: string
                organization_id:
                  type: string
                  format: uuid
                benefit_id:
                  type: string
                  format: uuid
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The validation result.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/LicenseKey'
  /license-keys/activate:
    post:
      operationId: licenseKeys:activate
      tags:
      - license_keys
      summary: Activate License Key
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
              - key
              - organization_id
              - label
              properties:
                key:
                  type: string
                organization_id:
                  type: string
                  format: uuid
                label:
                  type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The activation record.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                additionalProperties: true
  /customer-portal/license-keys/validate:
    post:
      operationId: customerPortal:validateLicenseKey
      tags:
      - license_keys
      summary: Validate License Key (Customer Portal)
      description: Customer-facing license key validation using a Customer Session token rather than an Organization Access Token.
      security:
      - customer_session: []
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
              - key
              - organization_id
              properties:
                key:
                  type: string
                organization_id:
                  type: string
                  format: uuid
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The validation result.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/LicenseKey'
components:
  schemas:
    Pagination:
      type: object
      properties:
        total_count:
          type: integer
        max_page:
          type: integer
    ListResourceLicenseKey:
      type: object
      properties:
        items:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/LicenseKey'
        pagination:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Pagination'
    LicenseKey:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
        key:
          type: string
        status:
          type: string
          enum:
          - granted
          - revoked
          - disabled
        organization_id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
        customer_id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
        benefit_id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
        usage:
          type: integer
        limit_usage:
          type: integer
          nullable: true
        expires_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          nullable: true
  parameters:
    IdPath:
      name: id
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
        format: uuid
  securitySchemes:
    oat:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: Organization Access Token used for backend, organization-scoped operations.
    pat:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: Personal Access Token scoped to a user.
    customer_session:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: Customer Session token used for customer portal endpoints.