# Responses

## 200 OK

**object**  
**secret**  
*string*  
The Tokenization Decisioning HMAC secret

## 401

| Error Code                                        | Description                                                  |
|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|
| User has not been authenticated                   | Invalid or missing API key                                   |
| API key is not active                             | The API key used is no longer active                         |
| Could not find API key                            | The API key provided is not associated with any user        |
| Please provide API key in Authorization header    | The Authorization header is not in the request               |
| Please provide API key in the form Authorization: [api-key] | The Authorization header is not formatted properly           |
| Insufficient privileges. Issuing API key required | Write access requires an Issuing API key. Reach out at [lithic.com/contact](/content/contact/index.html) |
| Insufficient privileges to create virtual cards.  | Creating virtual cards requires an additional privilege      |

## 429

Client has exceeded the number of allowed requests in a given time period.

| Error Code                                   | Description                                        |
|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
| Rate limited, too many requests per second   | User has exceeded their per second rate limit      |
| Rate limited, reached daily limit            | User has exceeded their daily rate limit           |
| Rate limited, too many keys tried            | One IP has queried too many different API keys     |

## Example Request

```shell
curl --request GET \
     --url https://sandbox.lithic.com/v1/tokenization_decisioning/secret \
     --header 'accept: application/json'
```

## Example Response

```json
{
  "secret": "whsec_1NDsYinMGr951KuDEaj78VtWzlyPaOnwUVagFiWIPJs="
}
```
