# How to programmatically generate user api key

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**Created:** [May 17, 2020, 7:20am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-programmatically-generate-user-api-key/151738 "2020-05-17T07:20:40Z")
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Hi

According with the docs it may be possible to create an user api key from an admin user via the rest API  
[generate api key for a user from an admin user](https://docs.discourse.org/#tag/Admin/paths/~1admin~1api~1keys/post)

In previous versions it worked as “admin/users/‘+ user\_id +’/generate\_api\_key”. I don’t know why in latest version it changes.

Thank you for your help

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