# How to create an api key on the admin panel

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**Category:** Development\
**Tags:** rest-api\
**Created:** [13.Май.2018 23:15:50 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-create-an-api-key-on-the-admin-panel/87383 "2018-05-13T23:15:50Z")\
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**Post date:** [15.Май.2018 02:29:16 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-create-an-api-key-on-the-admin-panel/87383/7 "2018-05-15T02:29:16Z")

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> [@mattman](#):
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> If I just included an api\_key then I got an error that either the key or username was wrong, which makes sense. If I include an api\_key and an api\_username then I get an error 422 “unprocessable entity” or an error 400 “invalid access” depending on what I put in the api\_username field.

You want the 422 - that means there’s some other problem with the data you’re sending, other than the authentication.

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