# Create an API key

**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)
- [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)
- [Create an API key](./admin-2-2026-04-admin-assistant-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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