---
title: "Add API key"
method: POST
path: "/api/organizations/{organizationId}/apikeys"
tags: ["Organizations"]
---

# Add API key

`POST /api/organizations/{organizationId}/apikeys`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://studio.edgeimpulse.com/v1`
- URL: `https://studio.edgeimpulse.com/v1/api/organizations/{organizationId}/apikeys`
- Auth: one of:
  - API key in header `x-api-key`
  - API key in cookie `jwt`
  - API key in header `x-jwt-token`
  - OAuth 2
    - Authorization code: `/v1/oauth/authorize`
    - Client credentials
    - Implicit: `/v1/oauth/authorize`
    - Password
    - Token URL: `/v1/oauth/token`
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/edgeimpulse/apis/edge-impulse-api/docs/api/organizations/:organizationId/apikeys/post.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Add an API key. This API is only available through JWT token authentication.

## Path parameters

- `organizationId` integer, required

## Request body

- AddOrganizationApiKeyRequest
  - `name` string, required: Description of the key
  - `apiKey` string: Optional: API key. This needs to start with `ei_` and will need to be at least 32 characters long. If this field is not passed in, a new API key is generated for you.
  - `role` 'admin' | 'member', required
  - `ttl` integer: Optional: time to live in seconds.
  - `organizationExtensionId` integer: Optional: organization extension ID when this API key is created for an organization extension.

## Response `200`

OK

- AddApiKeyResponse
  - `success` boolean, required: Whether the operation succeeded
  - `error` string: Optional error description (set if 'success' was false)
  - `id` integer, required: ID of the new API key
  - `apiKey` string, required: New API Key (starts with "ei_...") - this'll be shared only once.

---

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