POST
/
v2
/
admin
/
developer-keys
Create a developer key as an admin
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.deepl.com/v2/admin/developer-keys \
  --header 'Authorization: <api-key>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
  "label": "developer key prod"
}'
{
  "key_id": "ca7d5694-96eb-4263-a9a4-7f7e4211529e:20c2abcf-4c3c-4cd6-8ae8-8bd2a7d4da38",
  "label": "developer key prod",
  "creation_time": "2025-07-08T08:15:29.362Z",
  "deactivated_time": "2025-07-09T08:15:29.362Z",
  "is_deactivated": true,
  "usage_limits": {
    "characters": 5000
  }
}

Authorizations

Authorization
string
header
required

Authentication with Authorization header and DeepL-Auth-Key authentication scheme. Example: 'Authorization: DeepL-Auth-Key <api-key>'

Body

application/json

Response

200
application/json

The create function returns a JSON representation of the created API key.

The API key.