Create organization API key

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.

• org_id (string, path, required) The Neon organization ID

• 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

{
  "key_name": "orgkey"
}

{
  "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

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"}'

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"
  }
});

# neonctl
neon api-keys create

Console path: Organization → Settings → API keys

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