---
title: API Keys
url: https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/api/beta/organization/api_keys
---

# API Keys

## List API Keys

**GET** `/v1/organizations/api_keys`

List API Keys

### Query parameters

- `after_id: optional string`

  ID of the object to use as a cursor for pagination. When provided, returns the page of results immediately after this object.

- `before_id: optional string`

  ID of the object to use as a cursor for pagination. When provided, returns the page of results immediately before this object.

- `created_by_user_id: optional string`

  Filter by the ID of the User who created the object.

- `limit: optional number`

  Number of items to return per page.

  Defaults to `20`. Ranges from `1` to `1000`.

  default: 20, minimum: 1, maximum: 1000

- `status: optional "active" or "archived" or "expired" or "inactive"`

  Filter by API key status.

  - `"active"`

  - `"archived"`

  - `"expired"`

  - `"inactive"`

- `workspace_id: optional string`

  Filter by Workspace ID.

### Headers

- `"anthropic-version": optional string`

  The version of the Claude API you want to use.

  Read more about versioning and our version history [here](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/api/versioning?sdk_languages=http).

### Returns

- `data: array of BetaAPIKey`

  - `type: "api_key"`

    Object type.

    For API Keys, this is always `"api_key"`.

    default: api_key

  - `id: string`

    ID of the API key.

  - `created_at: string`

    RFC 3339 datetime string indicating when the API Key was created.

    format: date-time

  - `created_by: BetaAPIKeyCreatedBy or null`

    The ID and type of the actor that created the API key, or `null` when the
    creator is not recorded (legacy, workload-identity-federated, or
    system-created keys).

    - `type: "service_account" or "user"`

      Type of the actor that created the object.

      - `"service_account"`

      - `"user"`

    - `id: string`

      ID of the actor that created the object.

  - `expires_at: string or null`

    RFC 3339 datetime string indicating when the API Key expires, or `null` if it never expires.

    format: date-time

  - `name: string`

    Name of the API key.

  - `partial_key_hint: string or null`

    Partially redacted hint for the API key.

  - `principal: BetaAPIKeyUserActor or BetaAPIKeyServiceAccountActor or null`

    The principal the API key acts as (a User or a Service Account), or `null` if the API key is not bound to a principal.

    - `BetaAPIKeyUserActor object`

      - `type: "user_actor"`

        Principal type. Always `"user_actor"` for a User.

        default: user_actor

      - `user_id: string`

        ID of the User the API key acts as.

    - `BetaAPIKeyServiceAccountActor object`

      - `type: "service_account_actor"`

        Principal type. Always `"service_account_actor"` for a Service Account.

        default: service_account_actor

      - `service_account_id: string`

        ID of the Service Account the API key acts as.

  - `scope: BetaAPIKeyOrganizationScope or BetaAPIKeyWorkspaceScope`

    Where the API key belongs: its Workspace (`{"type": "workspace", "workspace_id": "wrkspc_..."}`, with the Workspace's real ID even when it is the organization's default Workspace), or the organization (`{"type": "organization"}`) for a principal-bound API key that has no Workspace.

    - `BetaAPIKeyOrganizationScope object`

      - `type: "organization"`

        Scope type. Always `"organization"`: the API key has no Workspace. Only a principal-bound API key can have this scope.

        default: organization

    - `BetaAPIKeyWorkspaceScope object`

      - `type: "workspace"`

        Scope type. Always `"workspace"`: the API key belongs to one Workspace.

        default: workspace

      - `workspace_id: string`

        ID of the Workspace the API key belongs to. Unlike the deprecated top-level `workspace_id`, this is the Workspace's real ID even for the organization's default Workspace.

  - `status: "active" or "archived" or "expired" or "inactive"`

    Status of the API key.

    - `"active"`

    - `"archived"`

    - `"expired"`

    - `"inactive"`

  - `workspace_id: string or null`

    **Deprecated**: Use `scope` instead. `workspace_id` is `null` both for an API key in the default Workspace and for a principal-bound API key that has no Workspace.

    Deprecated: use `scope` instead. ID of the Workspace associated with the API key, or `null` if the API key belongs to the default Workspace. Also `null` for a principal-bound API key that has no Workspace; `scope` tells the two apart.

- `first_id: string or null`

  First ID in the `data` list. Can be used as the `before_id` for the previous page.

- `has_more: boolean`

  Indicates if there are more results in the requested page direction.

- `last_id: string or null`

  Last ID in the `data` list. Can be used as the `after_id` for the next page.

### Example

```bash
curl https://api.anthropic.com/v1/organizations/api_keys \
    -H 'anthropic-version: 2023-06-01' \
    -H "X-Api-Key: $ANTHROPIC_API_KEY"
```

#### Response (200)

```json
{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "apikey_01Rj2N8SVvo6BePZj99NhmiT",
      "created_at": "2024-10-30T23:58:27.427722Z",
      "created_by": {
        "id": "user_01WCz1FkmYMm4gnmykNKUu3Q",
        "type": "user"
      },
      "expires_at": "2024-10-30T23:58:27.427722Z",
      "name": "Developer Key",
      "partial_key_hint": "sk-ant-api03-R2D...igAA",
      "principal": {
        "type": "user_actor",
        "user_id": "user_01WCz1FkmYMm4gnmykNKUu3Q"
      },
      "scope": {
        "type": "workspace",
        "workspace_id": "wrkspc_01JwQvzr7rXLA5AGx3HKfFUJ"
      },
      "status": "active",
      "type": "api_key",
      "workspace_id": "wrkspc_01JwQvzr7rXLA5AGx3HKfFUJ"
    }
  ],
  "first_id": "first_id",
  "has_more": true,
  "last_id": "last_id"
}
```

## Retrieve API Key (Admin API)

**GET** `/v1/organizations/api_keys/{api_key_id}`

Retrieve information about a single API key in your organization, looked up by its ID. This Admin API endpoint requires an Admin API key, is intended for programmatic key management, and never returns the key's secret value. To view or create your own API keys, go to [API keys](https://platform.claude.com/settings/keys) in the Claude Console.

### Path parameters

- `api_key_id: string`

  ID of the API key.

### Headers

- `"anthropic-version": optional string`

  The version of the Claude API you want to use.

  Read more about versioning and our version history [here](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/api/versioning?sdk_languages=http).

### Returns

- `BetaAPIKey object`

  - `type: "api_key"`

    Object type.

    For API Keys, this is always `"api_key"`.

    default: api_key

  - `id: string`

    ID of the API key.

  - `created_at: string`

    RFC 3339 datetime string indicating when the API Key was created.

    format: date-time

  - `created_by: BetaAPIKeyCreatedBy or null`

    The ID and type of the actor that created the API key, or `null` when the
    creator is not recorded (legacy, workload-identity-federated, or
    system-created keys).

    - `type: "service_account" or "user"`

      Type of the actor that created the object.

      - `"service_account"`

      - `"user"`

    - `id: string`

      ID of the actor that created the object.

  - `expires_at: string or null`

    RFC 3339 datetime string indicating when the API Key expires, or `null` if it never expires.

    format: date-time

  - `name: string`

    Name of the API key.

  - `partial_key_hint: string or null`

    Partially redacted hint for the API key.

  - `principal: BetaAPIKeyUserActor or BetaAPIKeyServiceAccountActor or null`

    The principal the API key acts as (a User or a Service Account), or `null` if the API key is not bound to a principal.

    - `BetaAPIKeyUserActor object`

      - `type: "user_actor"`

        Principal type. Always `"user_actor"` for a User.

        default: user_actor

      - `user_id: string`

        ID of the User the API key acts as.

    - `BetaAPIKeyServiceAccountActor object`

      - `type: "service_account_actor"`

        Principal type. Always `"service_account_actor"` for a Service Account.

        default: service_account_actor

      - `service_account_id: string`

        ID of the Service Account the API key acts as.

  - `scope: BetaAPIKeyOrganizationScope or BetaAPIKeyWorkspaceScope`

    Where the API key belongs: its Workspace (`{"type": "workspace", "workspace_id": "wrkspc_..."}`, with the Workspace's real ID even when it is the organization's default Workspace), or the organization (`{"type": "organization"}`) for a principal-bound API key that has no Workspace.

    - `BetaAPIKeyOrganizationScope object`

      - `type: "organization"`

        Scope type. Always `"organization"`: the API key has no Workspace. Only a principal-bound API key can have this scope.

        default: organization

    - `BetaAPIKeyWorkspaceScope object`

      - `type: "workspace"`

        Scope type. Always `"workspace"`: the API key belongs to one Workspace.

        default: workspace

      - `workspace_id: string`

        ID of the Workspace the API key belongs to. Unlike the deprecated top-level `workspace_id`, this is the Workspace's real ID even for the organization's default Workspace.

  - `status: "active" or "archived" or "expired" or "inactive"`

    Status of the API key.

    - `"active"`

    - `"archived"`

    - `"expired"`

    - `"inactive"`

  - `workspace_id: string or null`

    **Deprecated**: Use `scope` instead. `workspace_id` is `null` both for an API key in the default Workspace and for a principal-bound API key that has no Workspace.

    Deprecated: use `scope` instead. ID of the Workspace associated with the API key, or `null` if the API key belongs to the default Workspace. Also `null` for a principal-bound API key that has no Workspace; `scope` tells the two apart.

### Example

```bash
curl https://api.anthropic.com/v1/organizations/api_keys/$API_KEY_ID \
    -H 'anthropic-version: 2023-06-01' \
    -H "X-Api-Key: $ANTHROPIC_API_KEY"
```

#### Response (200)

```json
{
  "id": "apikey_01Rj2N8SVvo6BePZj99NhmiT",
  "created_at": "2024-10-30T23:58:27.427722Z",
  "created_by": {
    "id": "user_01WCz1FkmYMm4gnmykNKUu3Q",
    "type": "user"
  },
  "expires_at": "2024-10-30T23:58:27.427722Z",
  "name": "Developer Key",
  "partial_key_hint": "sk-ant-api03-R2D...igAA",
  "principal": {
    "type": "user_actor",
    "user_id": "user_01WCz1FkmYMm4gnmykNKUu3Q"
  },
  "scope": {
    "type": "workspace",
    "workspace_id": "wrkspc_01JwQvzr7rXLA5AGx3HKfFUJ"
  },
  "status": "active",
  "type": "api_key",
  "workspace_id": "wrkspc_01JwQvzr7rXLA5AGx3HKfFUJ"
}
```

## Update API Key

**POST** `/v1/organizations/api_keys/{api_key_id}`

Update API Key

### Path parameters

- `api_key_id: string`

  ID of the API key.

### Headers

- `"anthropic-version": optional string`

  The version of the Claude API you want to use.

  Read more about versioning and our version history [here](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/api/versioning?sdk_languages=http).

### Body parameters

- `name: optional string or null`

  Name of the API key.

  minLength: 1, maxLength: 500

- `status: optional "active" or "archived" or "inactive" or null`

  Status of the API key.

  - `"active"`

  - `"archived"`

  - `"inactive"`

### Returns

- `BetaAPIKey object`

  - `type: "api_key"`

    Object type.

    For API Keys, this is always `"api_key"`.

    default: api_key

  - `id: string`

    ID of the API key.

  - `created_at: string`

    RFC 3339 datetime string indicating when the API Key was created.

    format: date-time

  - `created_by: BetaAPIKeyCreatedBy or null`

    The ID and type of the actor that created the API key, or `null` when the
    creator is not recorded (legacy, workload-identity-federated, or
    system-created keys).

    - `type: "service_account" or "user"`

      Type of the actor that created the object.

      - `"service_account"`

      - `"user"`

    - `id: string`

      ID of the actor that created the object.

  - `expires_at: string or null`

    RFC 3339 datetime string indicating when the API Key expires, or `null` if it never expires.

    format: date-time

  - `name: string`

    Name of the API key.

  - `partial_key_hint: string or null`

    Partially redacted hint for the API key.

  - `principal: BetaAPIKeyUserActor or BetaAPIKeyServiceAccountActor or null`

    The principal the API key acts as (a User or a Service Account), or `null` if the API key is not bound to a principal.

    - `BetaAPIKeyUserActor object`

      - `type: "user_actor"`

        Principal type. Always `"user_actor"` for a User.

        default: user_actor

      - `user_id: string`

        ID of the User the API key acts as.

    - `BetaAPIKeyServiceAccountActor object`

      - `type: "service_account_actor"`

        Principal type. Always `"service_account_actor"` for a Service Account.

        default: service_account_actor

      - `service_account_id: string`

        ID of the Service Account the API key acts as.

  - `scope: BetaAPIKeyOrganizationScope or BetaAPIKeyWorkspaceScope`

    Where the API key belongs: its Workspace (`{"type": "workspace", "workspace_id": "wrkspc_..."}`, with the Workspace's real ID even when it is the organization's default Workspace), or the organization (`{"type": "organization"}`) for a principal-bound API key that has no Workspace.

    - `BetaAPIKeyOrganizationScope object`

      - `type: "organization"`

        Scope type. Always `"organization"`: the API key has no Workspace. Only a principal-bound API key can have this scope.

        default: organization

    - `BetaAPIKeyWorkspaceScope object`

      - `type: "workspace"`

        Scope type. Always `"workspace"`: the API key belongs to one Workspace.

        default: workspace

      - `workspace_id: string`

        ID of the Workspace the API key belongs to. Unlike the deprecated top-level `workspace_id`, this is the Workspace's real ID even for the organization's default Workspace.

  - `status: "active" or "archived" or "expired" or "inactive"`

    Status of the API key.

    - `"active"`

    - `"archived"`

    - `"expired"`

    - `"inactive"`

  - `workspace_id: string or null`

    **Deprecated**: Use `scope` instead. `workspace_id` is `null` both for an API key in the default Workspace and for a principal-bound API key that has no Workspace.

    Deprecated: use `scope` instead. ID of the Workspace associated with the API key, or `null` if the API key belongs to the default Workspace. Also `null` for a principal-bound API key that has no Workspace; `scope` tells the two apart.

### Example

```bash
curl https://api.anthropic.com/v1/organizations/api_keys/$API_KEY_ID \
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    -H 'anthropic-version: 2023-06-01' \
    -H "X-Api-Key: $ANTHROPIC_API_KEY" \
    -d '{}'
```

#### Response (200)

```json
{
  "id": "apikey_01Rj2N8SVvo6BePZj99NhmiT",
  "created_at": "2024-10-30T23:58:27.427722Z",
  "created_by": {
    "id": "user_01WCz1FkmYMm4gnmykNKUu3Q",
    "type": "user"
  },
  "expires_at": "2024-10-30T23:58:27.427722Z",
  "name": "Developer Key",
  "partial_key_hint": "sk-ant-api03-R2D...igAA",
  "principal": {
    "type": "user_actor",
    "user_id": "user_01WCz1FkmYMm4gnmykNKUu3Q"
  },
  "scope": {
    "type": "workspace",
    "workspace_id": "wrkspc_01JwQvzr7rXLA5AGx3HKfFUJ"
  },
  "status": "active",
  "type": "api_key",
  "workspace_id": "wrkspc_01JwQvzr7rXLA5AGx3HKfFUJ"
}
```

## Domain types

### Beta API Key

- `BetaAPIKey object`

  - `type: "api_key"`

    Object type.

    For API Keys, this is always `"api_key"`.

    default: api_key

  - `id: string`

    ID of the API key.

  - `created_at: string`

    RFC 3339 datetime string indicating when the API Key was created.

    format: date-time

  - `created_by: BetaAPIKeyCreatedBy or null`

    The ID and type of the actor that created the API key, or `null` when the
    creator is not recorded (legacy, workload-identity-federated, or
    system-created keys).

    - `type: "service_account" or "user"`

      Type of the actor that created the object.

      - `"service_account"`

      - `"user"`

    - `id: string`

      ID of the actor that created the object.

  - `expires_at: string or null`

    RFC 3339 datetime string indicating when the API Key expires, or `null` if it never expires.

    format: date-time

  - `name: string`

    Name of the API key.

  - `partial_key_hint: string or null`

    Partially redacted hint for the API key.

  - `principal: BetaAPIKeyUserActor or BetaAPIKeyServiceAccountActor or null`

    The principal the API key acts as (a User or a Service Account), or `null` if the API key is not bound to a principal.

    - `BetaAPIKeyUserActor object`

      - `type: "user_actor"`

        Principal type. Always `"user_actor"` for a User.

        default: user_actor

      - `user_id: string`

        ID of the User the API key acts as.

    - `BetaAPIKeyServiceAccountActor object`

      - `type: "service_account_actor"`

        Principal type. Always `"service_account_actor"` for a Service Account.

        default: service_account_actor

      - `service_account_id: string`

        ID of the Service Account the API key acts as.

  - `scope: BetaAPIKeyOrganizationScope or BetaAPIKeyWorkspaceScope`

    Where the API key belongs: its Workspace (`{"type": "workspace", "workspace_id": "wrkspc_..."}`, with the Workspace's real ID even when it is the organization's default Workspace), or the organization (`{"type": "organization"}`) for a principal-bound API key that has no Workspace.

    - `BetaAPIKeyOrganizationScope object`

      - `type: "organization"`

        Scope type. Always `"organization"`: the API key has no Workspace. Only a principal-bound API key can have this scope.

        default: organization

    - `BetaAPIKeyWorkspaceScope object`

      - `type: "workspace"`

        Scope type. Always `"workspace"`: the API key belongs to one Workspace.

        default: workspace

      - `workspace_id: string`

        ID of the Workspace the API key belongs to. Unlike the deprecated top-level `workspace_id`, this is the Workspace's real ID even for the organization's default Workspace.

  - `status: "active" or "archived" or "expired" or "inactive"`

    Status of the API key.

    - `"active"`

    - `"archived"`

    - `"expired"`

    - `"inactive"`

  - `workspace_id: string or null`

    **Deprecated**: Use `scope` instead. `workspace_id` is `null` both for an API key in the default Workspace and for a principal-bound API key that has no Workspace.

    Deprecated: use `scope` instead. ID of the Workspace associated with the API key, or `null` if the API key belongs to the default Workspace. Also `null` for a principal-bound API key that has no Workspace; `scope` tells the two apart.

### Beta API Key Created By

- `BetaAPIKeyCreatedBy object`

  - `type: "service_account" or "user"`

    Type of the actor that created the object.

    - `"service_account"`

    - `"user"`

  - `id: string`

    ID of the actor that created the object.

### Beta API Key Organization Scope

- `BetaAPIKeyOrganizationScope object`

  - `type: "organization"`

    Scope type. Always `"organization"`: the API key has no Workspace. Only a principal-bound API key can have this scope.

    default: organization

### Beta API Key Service Account Actor

- `BetaAPIKeyServiceAccountActor object`

  - `type: "service_account_actor"`

    Principal type. Always `"service_account_actor"` for a Service Account.

    default: service_account_actor

  - `service_account_id: string`

    ID of the Service Account the API key acts as.

### Beta API Key User Actor

- `BetaAPIKeyUserActor object`

  - `type: "user_actor"`

    Principal type. Always `"user_actor"` for a User.

    default: user_actor

  - `user_id: string`

    ID of the User the API key acts as.

### Beta API Key Workspace Scope

- `BetaAPIKeyWorkspaceScope object`

  - `type: "workspace"`

    Scope type. Always `"workspace"`: the API key belongs to one Workspace.

    default: workspace

  - `workspace_id: string`

    ID of the Workspace the API key belongs to. Unlike the deprecated top-level `workspace_id`, this is the Workspace's real ID even for the organization's default Workspace.
