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# Create API Key

> Create a new API key for your team with optional name and rate limit configuration.

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The Create API Key endpoint allows you to programmatically generate new API keys for your team using your service API key.

## Optional Parameters

* **name**: A descriptive name for the API key to help identify its purpose
* **rateLimit**: Maximum number of requests per minute allowed for this API key


## OpenAPI

````yaml post /api-keys
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  version: 1.0.0
  title: Team Management API
  description: >-
    API for managing API keys within teams. Provides CRUD operations for
    creating, listing, updating, and deleting API keys with team-based access
    controls.
servers:
  - url: https://admin-api.exa.ai/team-management
security:
  - apikey: []
paths:
  /api-keys:
    post:
      tags:
        - Team Management
      summary: Create API Key
      description: >-
        Creates a new API key for the authenticated team. Optionally specify a
        name and rate limit for the API key.
      operationId: create-api-key
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                name:
                  type: string
                  description: Optional name for the API key
                  example: Production API Key
                rateLimit:
                  type: integer
                  description: Optional rate limit for the API key (requests per minute)
                  example: 1000
              additionalProperties: false
      responses:
        '200':
          description: API key created successfully
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  apiKey:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      id:
                        type: string
                        format: uuid
                        description: Unique identifier for the API key
                      name:
                        type: string
                        description: Name of the API key
                      rateLimit:
                        type: integer
                        nullable: true
                        description: Rate limit in requests per minute
                      teamId:
                        type: string
                        format: uuid
                        description: Team ID this key belongs to
                      userId:
                        type: string
                        format: uuid
                        description: User ID who created this key
                      createdAt:
                        type: string
                        format: date-time
                        description: When the key was created
        '400':
          description: Bad Request - Invalid parameters
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  error:
                    type: string
                    examples:
                      - No user found for team
                      - Rate limit cannot exceed team's limit of 500 QPS
                      - >-
                        Unexpected parameters: invalidParam. Allowed: name,
                        rateLimit.
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized - Invalid or missing service key
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  error:
                    type: string
                    example: Unauthorized
      security:
        - apikey: []
components:
  securitySchemes:
    apikey:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: x-api-key
      description: Service API key for team authentication

````