# Create credential path

Endpoint: POST /credential-paths
Version: 5.1.41
Security: api_key

## Request fields (application/json):

  - `credentialPathName` (string)
    The name of the credential path.
    Example: "ExampleCredentialPath"

  - `description` (string)
    The description of the credential path.
    Example: "This CredentialPath example has HashiCorp credentialParameters. Example credentialParameter keys for other password vaults: CyberArk (queryString), GCP (versionId, projectId, usernameKey, passwordKey)"

  - `passwordVaultId` (integer)
    The ID of the password vault which contains this credential path.
    Example: 5

  - `credentialParameters` (object)
    The parameters for this credential path.
    Example: {"engine":"my-secrets","path":"hello","usernameKey":"user","passwordKey":"pwd"}

## Response 201 fields (application/json):

  - `credentialPathId` (integer)
    The ID number of the credential path. This field is auto-generated by the Masking Engine.

  - `credentialPathName` (string)
    The name of the credential path.
    Example: "ExampleCredentialPath"

  - `description` (string)
    The description of the credential path.
    Example: "This CredentialPath example has HashiCorp credentialParameters. Example credentialParameter keys for other password vaults: CyberArk (queryString), GCP (versionId, projectId, usernameKey, passwordKey)"

  - `passwordVaultId` (integer)
    The ID of the password vault which contains this credential path.
    Example: 5

  - `credentialParameters` (object)
    The parameters for this credential path.
    Example: {"engine":"my-secrets","path":"hello","usernameKey":"user","passwordKey":"pwd"}


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