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Create admin API key

POST/organization/admin_api_keys

Create an organization admin API key

Body ParametersJSONExpand Collapse
name: string
ReturnsExpand Collapse
id: string

The identifier, which can be referenced in API endpoints

created_at: number

The Unix timestamp (in seconds) of when the API key was created

formatint64
last_used_at: number

The Unix timestamp (in seconds) of when the API key was last used

formatint64
name: string

The name of the API key

object: string

The object type, which is always organization.admin_api_key

owner: object { id, created_at, name, 3 more }
id: optional string

The identifier, which can be referenced in API endpoints

created_at: optional number

The Unix timestamp (in seconds) of when the user was created

formatint64
name: optional string

The name of the user

object: optional string

The object type, which is always organization.user

role: optional string

Always owner

type: optional string

Always user

redacted_value: string

The redacted value of the API key

value: optional string

The value of the API key. Only shown on create.

Create admin API key

curl -X POST https://api.openai.com/v1/organization/admin_api_keys \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENAI_ADMIN_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
      "name": "New Admin Key"
  }'

{
  "object": "organization.admin_api_key",
  "id": "key_xyz",
  "name": "New Admin Key",
  "redacted_value": "sk-admin...xyz",
  "created_at": 1711471533,
  "last_used_at": 1711471534,
  "owner": {
    "type": "user",
    "object": "organization.user",
    "id": "user_123",
    "name": "John Doe",
    "created_at": 1711471533,
    "role": "owner"
  },
  "value": "sk-admin-1234abcd"
}
Returns Examples
{
  "object": "organization.admin_api_key",
  "id": "key_xyz",
  "name": "New Admin Key",
  "redacted_value": "sk-admin...xyz",
  "created_at": 1711471533,
  "last_used_at": 1711471534,
  "owner": {
    "type": "user",
    "object": "organization.user",
    "id": "user_123",
    "name": "John Doe",
    "created_at": 1711471533,
    "role": "owner"
  },
  "value": "sk-admin-1234abcd"
}