---
title: "CreateHoneytoken"
description: "Register a honeytoken"
canonical: "https://pgbeam.com/docs/go-sdk/honeytokens/createHoneytoken"
last-updated: "2026-10-24T21:15:09.000Z"
---

# CreateHoneytoken

> Register a honeytoken

URL: https://pgbeam.com/docs/go-sdk/honeytokens/createHoneytoken

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Registers a decoy (canary) relation for the project. Any agent statement that references it is blocked and recorded as a canary_tripped audit event.

## Usage

```go
result, err := client.Honeytokens.CreateHoneytoken(ctx, "prj_xxx", pgbeam.HoneytokenInput{
    RelationName: "customer_ssns",
    Action: "...",
  })
```

## Parameters

| Parameter         | Type                           | Required | Description                                                         |
| ----------------- | ------------------------------ | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| ctx               | `context.Context`              | Yes      | Request context                                                     |
| projectID         | `string`                       | Yes      | Unique project identifier (prefixed, e.g. prj_xxx).                 |
| body              | `pgbeam.HoneytokenInput`       | Yes      | Request body                                                        |
| body.SchemaName   | `*string`                      | No       | Optional schema. Null or empty matches the unqualified/public form. |
| body.RelationName | `string`                       | Yes      | Relation (table or view) name of the decoy.                         |
| body.Action       | `pgbeam.HoneytokenInputAction` | Yes      | Response when the honeytoken is tripped.                            |

## Response

`(*pgbeam.Honeytoken, error)`: honeytoken registered.

## Example

```go
import pgbeam "go.pgbeam.com/sdk"

client := pgbeam.NewClient(&pgbeam.ClientOptions{
  APIKey: "pbu_...",
})

schemaName := "public"
result, err := client.Honeytokens.CreateHoneytoken(ctx, "prj_xxx", pgbeam.HoneytokenInput{
    RelationName: "customer_ssns",
    Action: "...",
    SchemaName: &schemaName,
  })
if err != nil {
  log.Fatal(err)
}
fmt.Println(result)
```

## Errors

| Status | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| ------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 400    | The request was rejected. `code` is `INVALID_INPUT`, and `errors` names the offending fields when the failure was a validation one.                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| 401    | Missing or invalid authentication. `code` is `UNAUTHORIZED`.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| 403    | The caller is authenticated but not allowed to perform this operation. `code` is `FORBIDDEN` when the caller's role is insufficient, and `PLAN_LIMIT_REACHED` when the organization's plan is what stands in the way. The two are answered differently, so branch on the code rather than the status.                                 |
| 404    | The resource does not exist, or the caller is not entitled to know that it does. `code` is `NOT_FOUND`.                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| 409    | The request conflicts with the current state. `code` distinguishes the cases: `RESOURCE_EXISTS` for a name or value already in use, `INVALID_STATE` for a resource that is no longer in a state that allows the operation, and `IDEMPOTENCY_KEY_REUSED` for a retry whose body does not match the request the key was first used for. |
| 413    | The request body exceeds the 2 MB limit. `code` is `PAYLOAD_TOO_LARGE`.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| 415    | The request body is not JSON, or carries a body without declaring a Content-Type. `code` is `UNSUPPORTED_MEDIA_TYPE`.                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 429    | Rate limited. `code` is `RATE_LIMITED`.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| 500    | The request failed for a reason on our side. `code` is `INTERNAL_ERROR`. Quote `request_id` when reporting it.                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |