---
title: Retrieve API Key (Admin API)
url: https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/api/csharp/organization/api_keys/retrieve
---

# Retrieve API Key (Admin API)

`ApiKey Organization.ApiKeys.Retrieve(parameters, cancellationToken = default)`

**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.

## Parameters

- `ApiKeyRetrieveParams parameters`

  - `required string apiKeyID` (path parameter)

    ID of the API key.

## Returns

- `class ApiKey`

  - `JsonElement Type = "api_key"`

    Object type.

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

  - `required string ID`

    ID of the API key.

  - `required DateTimeOffset CreatedAt`

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

    format: date-time

  - `required ApiKeyCreatedBy? CreatedBy`

    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).

    - `required Type Type`

      Type of the actor that created the object.

      - `ServiceAccount("service_account")`

      - `User("user")`

    - `required string ID`

      ID of the actor that created the object.

  - `required DateTimeOffset? ExpiresAt`

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

    format: date-time

  - `required string Name`

    Name of the API key.

  - `required string? PartialKeyHint`

    Partially redacted hint for the API key.

  - `required Principal? Principal`

    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.

    - `class ApiKeyUserActor`

      - `JsonElement Type = "user_actor"`

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

      - `required string UserID`

        ID of the User the API key acts as.

    - `class ApiKeyServiceAccountActor`

      - `JsonElement Type = "service_account_actor"`

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

      - `required string ServiceAccountID`

        ID of the Service Account the API key acts as.

  - `required Scope Scope`

    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.

    - `class ApiKeyOrganizationScope`

      - `JsonElement Type = "organization"`

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

    - `class ApiKeyWorkspaceScope`

      - `JsonElement Type = "workspace"`

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

      - `required string WorkspaceID`

        ID of the Workspace the API key belongs to, including when it is the organization's default Workspace.

  - `required Status Status`

    Status of the API key.

    - `Active("active")`

    - `Archived("archived")`

    - `Expired("expired")`

    - `Inactive("inactive")`

## Example

```csharp
using System;
using Anthropic.Models.Organization.ApiKeys;

ApiKeyRetrieveParams parameters = new() { ApiKeyID = "api_key_id" };

var apiKey = await client.Organization.ApiKeys.Retrieve(parameters);

Console.WriteLine(apiKey);
```

### 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"
}
```