With the API Key Aliases option, found on the API Keys page of your ShortPixel dashboard, you can quickly create and manage temporary or permanent API keys for use on multiple websites.
With API Key Aliases, you can create extra API keys that work just like your main one and share the same credit pool. They’re handy if you own the account but don’t manage the website, so you can give access without sharing your main API key, billing details, or other account info.
What’s the difference between subaccounts and API Key Aliases? #
- Subaccounts: you allocate a certain number of credits from your main pool of credits, and only that subaccount can use those credits. Subaccounts also have their own account through which they can purchase credits themselves.
- API key aliases: they act as an alias and use the same credits as your main account. They don’t have their own account and you are the only one who can buy credits for this account.
Please note that this feature is not relevant for ShortPixel Adaptive Images (SPAI), because SPAI works by associating domains.