Create API key

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

cURL

Create API key with name and rate limit

curl -X POST 'https://admin-api.exa.ai/team-management/api-keys' \
  -H 'x-api-key: YOUR-SERVICE-KEY' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
    "name": "Production API Key",
    "rateLimit": 1000
  }'

200

{
  "apiKey": {
    "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
    "name": "<string>",
    "rateLimit": 123,
    "budgetCents": 123,
    "isOverBudget": true,
    "teamId": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
    "userId": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
    "createdAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z"
  }
}

Get your Exa API key

Create a key in the dashboard. New accounts start with free credits.

The Team Management API is enabled per team. It authenticates with a service account API key, which is created from the Service keys tab on the API keys page once the feature is enabled for your team. Contact [e-mail] to request access.

Authorizations

x-api-key · string · header · required

Service API key for team authentication

Body

application/json

name · string

Optional name for the API key

Example:

"Production API Key"

rateLimit · integer

Optional rate limit for the API key (requests per second)

Example:

1000

budgetCents · integer | null

Optional spending budget for the API key in the team's current billing period, in cents. It resets when the next billing period starts. Set to null to remove the budget.

Required range: x >= 0

Example:

5000

Response

200

application/json

API key created successfully

apiKey · object

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