---
title: "Create admin API key"
method: POST
path: "/organization/admin_api_keys"
---

# Create admin API key

`POST /organization/admin_api_keys`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.openai.com/v1`
- URL: `https://api.openai.com/v1/organization/admin_api_keys`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Create an organization admin API key

## Request body

- object
  - `name` string, required
  - `expires_in_seconds` integer: The number of seconds until the API key expires. Omit this field for a key that does not expire.

## Response `200`

The newly created admin API key.

- AdminApiKeyCreateResponse: The newly created admin API key. The `value` field is only returned once, when the key is created.
  - `object` 'organization.admin_api_key', required: The object type, which is always `organization.admin_api_key`
  - `id` string, required: The identifier, which can be referenced in API endpoints
  - `name` string, nullable: The name of the API key
  - `redacted_value` string, required: The redacted value of the API key
  - `created_at` integer, required: The Unix timestamp (in seconds) of when the API key was created
  - `expires_at` integer, nullable, required: The Unix timestamp (in seconds) of when the API key expires
  - `last_used_at` integer, nullable: The Unix timestamp (in seconds) of when the API key was last used
  - `owner` object, required
    - `type` string: Always `user`
    - `object` string: The object type, which is always organization.user
    - `id` string: The identifier, which can be referenced in API endpoints
    - `name` string: The name of the user
    - `created_at` integer: The Unix timestamp (in seconds) of when the user was created
    - `role` string: Always `owner`
  - `value` string, required: The value of the API key. Only shown on create.

## Other responses

- `400`: The API key creation request is invalid.
- `403`: The caller does not have permission to perform this operation.
- `404`: The created API key could not be found.

## Changes

- **2026-10-06** `487892d3954e`: 3 info
  - added the optional property `error/anyOf[#/components/schemas/Error]/misalignment/review_target` to the response with the `403` status
  - added the optional property `error/misalignment/review_target` to the response with the `400` status
  - added the optional property `error/misalignment/review_target` to the response with the `404` status
- **2026-10-05** `7f654af7f94f`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/omnistack-sh/apis/openai-api/changes/organization/admin_api_keys/post.md)

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