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

# 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

- `APIKey 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: APIKeyCreatedBy 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: APIKeyUserActor or APIKeyServiceAccountActor 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.

    - `APIKeyUserActor 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.

    - `APIKeyServiceAccountActor 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: APIKeyOrganizationScope or APIKeyWorkspaceScope`

    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.

    - `APIKeyOrganizationScope 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

    - `APIKeyWorkspaceScope 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"
}
```