--- title: Temporary Credentials --- [Skip to content](#_top) [API Reference](https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/python) [R2](https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/python/resources/r2) Copy Markdown Open in **Claude**Open in **ChatGPT**Open in **Cursor** --- **Copy Markdown****View as Markdown** # Temporary Credentials ##### [Create Temporary Access Credentials](https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/python/resources/r2/subresources/temporary_credentials/methods/create) r2.temporary\_credentials.create(TemporaryCredentialCreateParams\*\*kwargs) -> [TemporaryCredentialCreateResponse]() POST/accounts/{account\_id}/r2/temp-access-credentials ##### ModelsExpand Collapse
class TemporaryCredential: … bucket: str Name of the R2 bucket. Link to this property parent\_access\_key\_id: str Access key ID of the parent R2 API token. The temporary credentials cannot exceed this token’s permissions. Link to this property
permission: Literal\["admin-read-write", "admin-read-only", "object-read-write", "object-read-only"] Permissions allowed on the credentials. One of the following: "admin-read-write" Link to this property "admin-read-only" Link to this property "object-read-write" Link to this property "object-read-only" Link to this property
Link to this property ttl\_seconds: float Lifetime of the temporary credentials in seconds, up to 604800 seconds (7 days). maximum604800 Link to this property objects: Optional\[List\[str]] Optional object paths to scope the credentials to. Link to this property prefixes: Optional\[List\[str]] Optional prefix paths to scope the credentials to. Link to this property
[Link to this property](<#(resource)%20r2.temporary_credentials%20%3E%20(model)%20temporary_credential%20%3E%20(schema)>)
class TemporaryCredentialCreateResponse: … access\_key\_id: Optional\[str] ID for new access key. Link to this property secret\_access\_key: Optional\[str] Secret access key. Link to this property session\_token: Optional\[str] Security token. Link to this property
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