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

# Retrieve API Key (Admin API)

`organization.api_keys.retrieve(api_key_id)  -> APIKey`

**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

- `api_key_id: str` (path parameter)

  ID of the API key.

## Returns

- `class APIKey`

  - `type: Literal["api_key"]`

    Object type.

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

    default: api_key

  - `id: str`

    ID of the API key.

  - `created_at: datetime`

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

    format: date-time

  - `created_by: Optional[APIKeyCreatedBy]`

    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: Literal["service_account", "user"]`

      Type of the actor that created the object.

      - `"service_account"`

      - `"user"`

    - `id: str`

      ID of the actor that created the object.

  - `expires_at: Optional[datetime]`

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

    format: date-time

  - `name: str`

    Name of the API key.

  - `partial_key_hint: Optional[str]`

    Partially redacted hint for the API key.

  - `principal: Optional[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`

      - `type: Literal["user_actor"]`

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

        default: user_actor

      - `user_id: str`

        ID of the User the API key acts as.

    - `class APIKeyServiceAccountActor`

      - `type: Literal["service_account_actor"]`

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

        default: service_account_actor

      - `service_account_id: str`

        ID of the Service Account the API key acts as.

  - `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`

      - `type: Literal["organization"]`

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

        default: organization

    - `class APIKeyWorkspaceScope`

      - `type: Literal["workspace"]`

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

        default: workspace

      - `workspace_id: str`

        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: Literal["active", "archived", "expired", "inactive"]`

    Status of the API key.

    - `"active"`

    - `"archived"`

    - `"expired"`

    - `"inactive"`

## Example

```python
import os
from anthropic import Anthropic

client = Anthropic(
    api_key=os.environ.get(
        "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY"
    ),  # This is the default and can be omitted
)
api_key = client.organization.api_keys.retrieve(
    "api_key_id",
)
print(api_key.id)
```

### 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"
}
```