# Generating User Api Keys with REST API

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/generating-user-api-keys-with-rest-api/61916>\
**Category:** Development\
**Tags:** rest-api\
**Created:** [Mai 1, 2017, 10:55 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/generating-user-api-keys-with-rest-api/61916 "2017-05-01T22:55:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![j.jaffeux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/j.jaffeux/32/60297_2.png) [@j.jaffeux](https://meta.discourse.org/u/j.jaffeux)\
**Post date:** [Juin 26, 2017, 9:51 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/generating-user-api-keys-with-rest-api/61916/3 "2017-06-26T09:51:29Z")

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Hello,

to generate an api key for a user:

```plaintext
curl -X "POST" "http://localhost:4000/admin/users/1/generate_api_key?api_key=10efbf2c9a84dfb3b6f60ffa117c029bda7fc9fb8f861ccd0dc8e8fbfa86968d&api_username=joffreyjaffeux"

```

Learn more about it:

- [Discourse API Docs](http://docs.discourse.org/#tag/Admin%2Fpaths%2F~1admin~1users~1%7Bid%7D~1generate_api_key%2Fpost)
- [discourse\_api/lib/discourse\_api/api/api\_key.rb at main · discourse/discourse\_api · GitHub](https://github.com/discourse/discourse_api/blob/master/lib/discourse_api/api/api_key.rb)

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