`POST /organizations/{org_id}/api_keys`

Creates an API key for the specified organization.
The `key_name` is a user-specified name for the key.
Returns an `id` and `key`; the `key` is a randomly generated, 64-bit token required to access the Neon API.
Store the key securely — it is only returned once.
API keys can also be managed in the Neon Console.
See [Manage API keys](/guides/manage-operate-manage-api-keys).

## Parameters

- `org_id` (string, path, required)
  The Neon organization ID

## Request body

- `key_name` (string, required)
  A user-specified API key name. This value is required when creating an API key.
- `project_id` (string, optional)
  If set, the API key can access only this project

```json
{
  "key_name": "orgkey"
}
```

## Response (200)

```json
{
  "id": 1000000,
  "key": "napi_examplekey000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
  "name": "service-key-55",
  "created_at": "2025-01-15T10:30:00Z",
  "created_by": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"
}
```

**Code examples**

```bash
curl "https://console.neon.tech/api/v2/organizations/$ORG_ID/api_keys" \
  -X POST \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $NEON_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"key_name":"orgkey"}'
```

```typescript
import { createNeonClient, raw } from '@neon/sdk';

const neon = createNeonClient({ apiKey: process.env.NEON_API_KEY });
const { data } = await raw.createOrgApiKey({
  client: neon.client,
  path: {
    org_id: process.env.ORG_ID
  },
  body: {
    key_name: "orgkey"
  }
});
```

```bash
# neonctl
neon api-keys create
```

## Console

Console path: Organization → Settings → API keys

## Errors

**default**
General Error.

The request may or may not be safe to retry, depending on the HTTP method, response status code,
and whether a response was received.

- If no response is returned from the API, a network error or timeout likely occurred.
- In some cases, the request may have reached the server and been successfully processed, but the response failed to reach the client. As a result, retrying non-idempotent requests can lead to unintended results.

The following HTTP methods are considered non-idempotent: `POST`, `PATCH`, `DELETE`, and `PUT`. Retrying these methods is generally **not safe**.
The following methods are considered idempotent: `GET`, `HEAD`, and `OPTIONS`. Retrying these methods is **safe** in the event of a network error or timeout.

Any request that returns a `503 Service Unavailable` response is always safe to retry.

Any request that returns a `423 Locked` response is safe to retry. `423 Locked` indicates that the resource is temporarily locked, for example, due to another operation in progress.

- `request_id` (string, optional)
  Unique identifier for the request, useful for debugging.
  You can set this value manually by including an `X-Request-ID` header in the request. If not provided, the value will be generated automatically.

- `code` (string, required)
  Machine-readable code classifying the error type. See `message` for a human-readable explanation.
  Default: \`\`

- `message` (string, required)
  Error message

## Related pages

- [Assign or update VPC endpoint](./apis-sdks-reference-api-organizations-assign-organization-vpc-endpoint.md)
- [Create organization invitations](./apis-sdks-reference-api-organizations-create-organization-invitations.md)
- [Delete VPC endpoint](./apis-sdks-reference-api-organizations-delete-organization-vpc-endpoint.md)
- [List organization API keys](./apis-sdks-reference-api-organizations-list-org-api-keys.md)
- [List organization invitations](./apis-sdks-reference-api-organizations-get-organization-invitations.md)
- [List organization members](./apis-sdks-reference-api-organizations-get-organization-members.md)
- [List VPC endpoints](./apis-sdks-reference-api-organizations-list-organization-vpc-endpoints.md)
- [List VPC endpoints across all regions](./apis-sdks-reference-api-organizations-list-organization-vpc-endpoints-all-regions.md)
- [Remove organization member](./apis-sdks-reference-api-organizations-remove-organization-member.md)
- [Remove organization spending limit](./apis-sdks-reference-api-organizations-delete-organization-spending-limit.md)

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