```javascript JavaScript theme={null}
// Requires Node.js SDK v8.2.0 or later
import { AdminClient } from '@pinecone-database/pinecone';

// Reads PINECONE_CLIENT_ID and PINECONE_CLIENT_SECRET from the environment
const admin = new AdminClient();

// `value` is returned only at creation time and cannot be retrieved later
const apiKey = await admin.apiKeys.create('YOUR_PROJECT_ID', {
  name: 'Example API Key',
  roles: ['ProjectEditor'],
});
console.log(apiKey);
```

```go Go theme={null}
// Requires Go SDK v6.0.0 or later
package main

import (
    "context"
    "fmt"
    "log"
    "os"

    "github.com/pinecone-io/go-pinecone/v6/pinecone"
)

func main() {
    ctx := context.Background()

    adminClient, err := pinecone.NewAdminClientWithContext(ctx, pinecone.NewAdminClientParams{})
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatalf("Failed to create AdminClient: %v", err)
    }

    roles := []string{"ProjectEditor"}
    apiKey, err := adminClient.APIKey.Create(ctx, "YOUR_PROJECT_ID", &pinecone.CreateAPIKeyParams{
        Name:  "Example API Key",
        Roles: &roles,
    })
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatalf("Failed to create API key: %v", err)
    }
    // Value is returned only at creation time and cannot be retrieved later
    fmt.Printf("Successfully created API key: %v\n", apiKey.Key.Id)
}
```

```hcl Terraform theme={null}
# Requires Terraform provider v4.0.0 or later
resource "pinecone_api_key" "example" {
  name       = "Example API Key"
  project_id = "YOUR_PROJECT_ID"
  roles      = ["ProjectEditor"]
}
```

```bash curl theme={null}
PINECONE_ACCESS_TOKEN="YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN"
PINECONE_PROJECT_ID="YOUR_PROJECT_ID"

curl "https://api.pinecone.io/admin/projects/$PINECONE_PROJECT_ID/api-keys" \
	-H "X-Pinecone-Api-Version: 2026-04" \
	-H "Authorization: Bearer $PINECONE_ACCESS_TOKEN" \
	-d '{
		"name": "Example API Key",
		"roles": ["ProjectEditor"]
	}'
```

```json curl theme={null}
{
  "key": {
    "id": "3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6",
    "name": "Example API key",
    "project_id": "3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6",
    "roles": [
      "ProjectEditor"
    ]
  },
  "value": "string"
}
```

**POST** `/admin/projects/{project_id}/api-keys`

:::code-group
```bash title="cURL"
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.pinecone.io/admin/projects/{project_id}/api-keys \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
  "name": "devkey",
  "roles": [
    "ProjectEditor"
  ]
}'
```

```json title="201"
{
  "key": {
    "id": "<string>",
    "name": "<string>",
    "project_id": "<string>",
    "roles": [
      "ProjectEditor"
    ]
  },
  "value": "<string>"
}
```
:::

## Authorizations

- `Authorization` (header, string, required) — Bearer authentication header of the form `Bearer <token>`.

## Path Parameters

- `project_id` (path, string, required) — Project ID

## Headers

- `X-Pinecone-Api-Version` (header, string, required) — Required date-based version header

## Body

- `name` (body, string, required) — The name of the API key. The name must be 1-80 characters long.
- `roles` (body, string\[]) — The roles to create the API key with. Default is `["ProjectEditor"]`.

## Response

- `201` — API key created successfully.
- `400` — Bad request. The request body included invalid request parameters.
- `401` — Unauthorized. Possible causes: Invalid API key.
- `403` — Not enough available quota to complete this operation.
- `500` — Internal server error.
- `4XX` — Unexpected error on request.

## Related pages

- [List API keys](./admin-2-2026-07-admin-api-keys-list-api-keys.md)
- [Create an API key](./admin-2-2026-07-admin-api-keys-create-an-api-key.md)
- [Get API key details](./admin-2-2026-07-admin-api-keys-get-api-key-details.md)
- [Delete an API key](./admin-2-2026-07-admin-api-keys-delete-an-api-key.md)
- [Update an API key](./admin-2-2026-07-admin-api-keys-update-an-api-key.md)
- [Create an API key](./admin-2-2026-04-admin-create-api-key.md)
- [List API keys](./admin-2-2026-04-admin-assistant-list-api-keys.md)
- [Get API key details](./admin-2-2026-04-admin-assistant-fetch-api-key.md)
- [Update an API key](./admin-2-2026-04-admin-assistant-update-api-key.md)
- [Delete an API key](./admin-2-2026-04-admin-assistant-delete-api-key.md)

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