---
title: "Create team API key as admin"
method: POST
path: "/admin/teams/{teamID}/api-keys"
tags: ["admin"]
---

# Create team API key as admin

`POST /admin/teams/{teamID}/api-keys`

Creates a team API key for internal service workflows.

## Path parameters

- `teamID` string, uuid, required

## Request body

- NewTeamAPIKey
  - `name` string, required — Name of the API key

## Response `201`

Team API key created successfully

- CreatedTeamAPIKey
  - `id` string, uuid, required — Identifier of the API key
  - `key` string, required — Raw value of the API key
  - `mask` IdentifierMaskingDetails, required
    - `prefix` string, required — Prefix that identifies the token or key type
    - `valueLength` integer, required — Length of the token or key
    - `maskedValuePrefix` string, required — Prefix used in masked version of the token or key
    - `maskedValueSuffix` string, required — Suffix used in masked version of the token or key
  - `name` string, required — Name of the API key
  - `createdAt` string, date-time, required — Timestamp of API key creation
  - `createdBy` TeamUser
    - `id` string, uuid, required — Identifier of the user
    - `email` string, nullable, required — Email of the user
  - `lastUsed` string, date-time, nullable — Last time this API key was used

## Other responses

- `400` — Bad request
- `401` — Authentication error
- `403` — Forbidden
- `404` — Not found
- `500` — Server error

## Changes

> 53 revisions in range; 5 could not be searched.

- **2026-07-24** `93ed246a4c10` — 2 info
  - the endpoint scheme security `AdminApiKeyAuth` was added to the API
  - the endpoint scheme security `AdminTokenAuth` was removed from the API
- **2026-05-27** `e13ef89d456c` — 1 info
  - endpoint added
- **2023-11-15** `897ba2f1c7b6` — 1 breaking
  - api path removed without deprecation

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/e2b-dev/apis/e2b-api/changes/admin/teams/:teamID/api-keys/post.md)

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