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This page applies to Apigee and Apigee hybrid.

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The following table lists naming guidelines for common Apigee components:

Named Item	Maximum characters	Allowed characters
API key	255	Alphanumeric and the following: `_ -`
API product	100⁽¹⁾	Alphanumeric, space, and the following: `_ - . # $ %`
App: developer and company		Alphanumeric, space, and the following: `_ - . # $ %`. Must begin with an alpha character or digit
Email ID		Valid email address syntax. (Hybrid only) lower case only
Environment name	32	Alphanumeric, space, and the following: `_ - .`
Instance name	32	Lowercase alphanumeric, hyphens, and numbers. Must begin with an alpha character; cannot end with a hyphen. Follows the pattern `/^[a-z0-9-]+$/`
Key value map (KVM) name		Alphanumeric, space, and the following: `_ - . # $ %`
Key value map (KVM) key name		Alphanumeric, space, and the following: `_ - . $`
Organization name	32	Lowercase letters only; it should not contain spaces, underscores, or periods.
Password for Apigee administrators	>=8, <= 100	Alphanumeric, special characters. The password must have at least one lowercase character, one uppercase character, one number, and one special character.
Policy name (or step definition)	255	Alphanumeric, space, and the following: `_ - .`
Proxy name	2048⁽²⁾	Alphanumeric, space, and special characters. Long names with many special characters might cause rendering or other issues and should be avoided.
Resource file names	255	Alphanumeric, space, and the following: `: / \ ! @ # $ % ^ & { } [ ] ( ) _ + - = , . ~ '`
Resource file types	255	Alphanumeric and the following: `_ - .`

⁽¹⁾ Total length including organization name and product display name, in this form: <org_name>@@@<display_name>. For example, "MyOrg1@@@API Product Name".

⁽²⁾ Including http:// or https://.