# 404 when trying to create an API key for system user

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/404-when-trying-to-create-an-api-key-for-system-user/33535>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Created:** [21 سبتمبر 2015، 6:33م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/404-when-trying-to-create-an-api-key-for-system-user/33535 "2015-09-21T18:33:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\
**Post date:** [22 سبتمبر 2015، 2:02ص UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/404-when-trying-to-create-an-api-key-for-system-user/33535/3 "2015-09-22T02:02:28Z")

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It looks like a routing bug but has a very easy workaround.

Generate a global key and just pass the username system with the API call.

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