# API key creation

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/api-key-creation/257074>\
**Category:** Development\
**Tags:** rest-api\
**Created:** [March 4, 2023, 7:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/api-key-creation/257074 "2023-03-04T19:13:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![manojm321](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/manojm321/32/199669_2.png) [@manojm321](https://meta.discourse.org/u/manojm321)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2023, 7:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/api-key-creation/257074/1 "2023-03-04T19:13:57Z")

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IIUC, today only ADMINs can create API key, I don’t see a reason why I shouldn’t allow user to do it for themselves for their corresponding trust\_level. is there a setting I can toggle?

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