Create an Org API Key

Create an org API key

curl --request POST \
  --url https://{host}/api/llm-gateway/admin/api-keys \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "name": "<string>",
  "user_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
  "user_email": "<string>",
  "scopes": [
    "<string>"
  ],
  "group_name": "<string>",
  "expires_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z"
}
'

import requests

url = "https://{host}/api/llm-gateway/admin/api-keys"

payload = {
    "name": "<string>",
    "user_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
    "user_email": "<string>",
    "scopes": ["<string>"],
    "group_name": "<string>",
    "expires_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z"
}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    name: '<string>',
    user_id: '3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a',
    user_email: '<string>',
    scopes: ['<string>'],
    group_name: '<string>',
    expires_at: '2023-11-07T05:31:56Z'
  })
};

fetch('https://{host}/api/llm-gateway/admin/api-keys', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://{host}/api/llm-gateway/admin/api-keys",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'name' => '<string>',
    'user_id' => '3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a',
    'user_email' => '<string>',
    'scopes' => [
        '<string>'
    ],
    'group_name' => '<string>',
    'expires_at' => '2023-11-07T05:31:56Z'
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://{host}/api/llm-gateway/admin/api-keys"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"name\": \"<string>\",\n  \"user_id\": \"3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a\",\n  \"user_email\": \"<string>\",\n  \"scopes\": [\n    \"<string>\"\n  ],\n  \"group_name\": \"<string>\",\n  \"expires_at\": \"2023-11-07T05:31:56Z\"\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://{host}/api/llm-gateway/admin/api-keys")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"name\": \"<string>\",\n  \"user_id\": \"3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a\",\n  \"user_email\": \"<string>\",\n  \"scopes\": [\n    \"<string>\"\n  ],\n  \"group_name\": \"<string>\",\n  \"expires_at\": \"2023-11-07T05:31:56Z\"\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://{host}/api/llm-gateway/admin/api-keys")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"name\": \"<string>\",\n  \"user_id\": \"3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a\",\n  \"user_email\": \"<string>\",\n  \"scopes\": [\n    \"<string>\"\n  ],\n  \"group_name\": \"<string>\",\n  \"expires_at\": \"2023-11-07T05:31:56Z\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
  "name": "<string>",
  "key_prefix": "<string>",
  "key": "bd-abcd1234ef56...",
  "scopes": [
    "<string>"
  ],
  "created_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
  "group_name": "<string>",
  "expires_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z"
}

{
  "error": "BadRequest",
  "message": "request_timeout_secs must be between 1 and 3600"
}

POST

admin

api-keys

Create an org API key

curl --request POST \
  --url https://{host}/api/llm-gateway/admin/api-keys \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "name": "<string>",
  "user_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
  "user_email": "<string>",
  "scopes": [
    "<string>"
  ],
  "group_name": "<string>",
  "expires_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z"
}
'

import requests

url = "https://{host}/api/llm-gateway/admin/api-keys"

payload = {
    "name": "<string>",
    "user_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
    "user_email": "<string>",
    "scopes": ["<string>"],
    "group_name": "<string>",
    "expires_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z"
}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    name: '<string>',
    user_id: '3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a',
    user_email: '<string>',
    scopes: ['<string>'],
    group_name: '<string>',
    expires_at: '2023-11-07T05:31:56Z'
  })
};

fetch('https://{host}/api/llm-gateway/admin/api-keys', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://{host}/api/llm-gateway/admin/api-keys",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'name' => '<string>',
    'user_id' => '3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a',
    'user_email' => '<string>',
    'scopes' => [
        '<string>'
    ],
    'group_name' => '<string>',
    'expires_at' => '2023-11-07T05:31:56Z'
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://{host}/api/llm-gateway/admin/api-keys"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"name\": \"<string>\",\n  \"user_id\": \"3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a\",\n  \"user_email\": \"<string>\",\n  \"scopes\": [\n    \"<string>\"\n  ],\n  \"group_name\": \"<string>\",\n  \"expires_at\": \"2023-11-07T05:31:56Z\"\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://{host}/api/llm-gateway/admin/api-keys")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"name\": \"<string>\",\n  \"user_id\": \"3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a\",\n  \"user_email\": \"<string>\",\n  \"scopes\": [\n    \"<string>\"\n  ],\n  \"group_name\": \"<string>\",\n  \"expires_at\": \"2023-11-07T05:31:56Z\"\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://{host}/api/llm-gateway/admin/api-keys")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"name\": \"<string>\",\n  \"user_id\": \"3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a\",\n  \"user_email\": \"<string>\",\n  \"scopes\": [\n    \"<string>\"\n  ],\n  \"group_name\": \"<string>\",\n  \"expires_at\": \"2023-11-07T05:31:56Z\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
  "name": "<string>",
  "key_prefix": "<string>",
  "key": "bd-abcd1234ef56...",
  "scopes": [
    "<string>"
  ],
  "created_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
  "group_name": "<string>",
  "expires_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z"
}

{
  "error": "BadRequest",
  "message": "request_timeout_secs must be between 1 and 3600"
}

Creates an organization-managed bd-… API key for the LLM Gateway runtime (/v1/chat/completions, /v1/messages, /v1/embeddings, etc.).

The full key value is returned only in this response. Barndoor stores a one-way hash and cannot reveal the raw key again — copy it immediately, e.g. into your secrets manager or CI environment.

A key is either assigned to a single user or bound to an IdP group, not both. Use the binding to control scope of:

per-user/per-group token budgets
per-user/per-group rate limits
per-user/per-group model access policies

Example: a CI service-account key

curl -X POST https://app.barndoor.ai/api/llm-gateway/admin/api-keys \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $BARNDOOR_JWT" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "name": "GitHub Actions runner",
    "group_name": "ci",
    "expires_at": "2026-12-31T23:59:59Z"
  }'

The response includes the raw key. From that point on, callers can use it as:

curl https://app.barndoor.ai/api/llm-gateway/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer bd-..." \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{ "model": "gpt-4o-mini", "messages": [...] }'

To rotate a key, create a new one and revoke the old one with DELETE /admin/api-keys/{id}.

Authorizations

Authorization

string

header

required

JWT obtained through Barndoor's authentication flow. Pass the token verbatim in Authorization: Bearer <token>. Use the Barndoor SDK's loginInteractive() helper to obtain a token in scripts and notebooks.

Body

application/json

name

string

required

user_id

string<uuid>

Assign the key to a specific user. Mutually exclusive with group_name.

user_email

string

Optional override for the email recorded on the key

scopes

string[]

group_name

string

Bind the key to an IdP group. Members of the group share the group-scoped budgets, rate limits, and access policies. Mutually exclusive with user_id.

expires_at

string<date-time> | null

Response

The newly created key (only response that contains the raw key)

string<uuid>

required

name

string

required

key_prefix

string

required

key

string

required

The raw API key. Returned only at creation time and never stored in plaintext — copy it immediately. Use this value as Authorization: Bearer <key> (or x-api-key: <key>) on requests to /v1/chat/completions, /v1/messages, and friends.

Example:

"bd-abcd1234ef56..."

scopes

string[]

required

created_at

string<date-time>

required

group_name

string | null

expires_at

string<date-time> | null

API Documentation

Servers

Connections

MCP

SSE

Policies

Agents

LLM Gateway

LLM Gateway: Credentials

LLM Gateway: Providers

LLM Gateway: Model Routes

LLM Gateway: Model Pricing

LLM Gateway: Rate Limits

LLM Gateway: Token Budgets

LLM Gateway: Model Access

LLM Gateway: Smart Models

LLM Gateway: Governance

LLM Gateway: Route Health

LLM Gateway: API Keys

LLM Gateway: User Self-Service

Example: a CI service-account key

Authorizations

Body

Response

​Example: a CI service-account key

Authorizations

Body

Response

Example: a CI service-account key