# How to allow users to get their API Key

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-allow-users-to-get-their-api-key/174140
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [December 23, 2020, 6:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-allow-users-to-get-their-api-key/174140 "2020-12-23T18:34:49Z")
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### Author: ![Matthieu\_Rioual](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/matthieu_rioual/32/204095_2.png) [@Matthieu\_Rioual](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Matthieu_Rioual)
#### Post date: [December 23, 2020, 6:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-allow-users-to-get-their-api-key/174140/1 "2020-12-23T18:34:49Z")

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I want to create an applet for daskeyboard 5Q that makes keyboard key blink when I have an unread discourse notification. I cannot find a way for a user to find his own API Key. I found that an admin can generate such a key for users but this is not what I am looking for. Ideally, users would be able to find their key in their user profile. Is it possible?

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### Author: ![Falco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/falco/32/179432_2.png) [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [December 24, 2020, 12:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-allow-users-to-get-their-api-key/174140/2 "2020-12-24T00:51:52Z")

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We don’t have an easy UI to generate user API keys at the moment.

If you want to create a proof of concept, you can use this script to get one [Generating User API Keys for testing](https://meta.discourse.org/t/generating-user-api-keys-for-testing/145744)

> [@Matthieu\_Rioual](#):
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> applet for daskeyboard 5Q that makes keyboard key blink when I have an unread discourse notification.

Please share the results when you get it working, sounds pretty cool!

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### Author: ![Matthieu\_Rioual](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/matthieu_rioual/32/204095_2.png) [@Matthieu\_Rioual](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Matthieu_Rioual)
#### Post date: [December 24, 2020, 8:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-allow-users-to-get-their-api-key/174140/3 "2020-12-24T08:28:22Z")

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Thanks Rafael for your answer, i already knew this mean to generate API keys but since the applet had to be a “click and work” node application i have to re-discuss about it with my superior. I will let you know about it. Greetings

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### Author: ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2021, 4:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-allow-users-to-get-their-api-key/174140/5 "2021-02-03T04:09:02Z")

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