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

# Create admin API key

`POST /organization/admin_api_keys`

Create an organization admin API key

## Request body

- object
  - `name` string, required

## Response `200`

The newly created admin API key.

- AdminApiKey — Represents an individual Admin API key in an org.
  - `object` string, 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, required — The name of the API key
  - `redacted_value` string, required — The redacted value of the API key
  - `value` string — The value of the API key. Only shown on create.
  - `created_at` integer, required — The Unix timestamp (in seconds) of when the API key was created
  - `last_used_at` integer, nullable, required — 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`

## Changes

- **2026-04-29** `5b98524f8dee` — 3 breaking
  - the `created_at` response's property type/format changed from `integer`/`int64` to `integer`/`unixtime` for status `200`
  - the `last_used_at/anyOf[subschema #1]/` response's property type/format changed from `integer`/`int64` to `integer`/`unixtime` for status `200`
  - the `owner/created_at` response's property type/format changed from `integer`/`int64` to `integer`/`unixtime` for status `200`
- **2026-04-28** `fa32d6e7d961` — 1 info
  - the endpoint scheme security `AdminApiKeyAuth` was added to the API

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

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