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# Get API Key

> Returns metadata for a single API key.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /latest.yml GET /api-keys/{id}
openapi: 3.0.1
info:
  title: Cartesia API
  version: 0.0.1
servers:
  - url: https://api.cartesia.ai
    description: Production
security: []
paths:
  /api-keys/{id}:
    get:
      tags:
        - ApiKeys
      summary: Get API Key
      description: Returns metadata for a single API key.
      operationId: api-keys_get
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/CartesiaVersionHeader'
        - name: id
          in: path
          description: The ID of the API key. This does not start with `sk_`.
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
            example: c5048561-068f-4814-96ba-19cfecc24809
      responses:
        '200':
          description: ''
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiKey'
        '404':
          description: API key not found, or not owned by the authenticating organization.
      security:
        - AdminAPIKeyAuth: []
components:
  parameters:
    CartesiaVersionHeader:
      name: Cartesia-Version
      in: header
      description: API version header.
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
        format: date
        example: '2026-03-01'
        enum:
          - '2026-03-01'
  schemas:
    ApiKey:
      title: ApiKey
      type: object
      description: Metadata for a standard API key.
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          description: Stable identifier for the API key. Safe to expose.
        description:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable description set when the key was created.
        created_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: When the API key was created.
        creator_email:
          type: string
          nullable: true
          description: >-
            Email of the user who created the key. `null` for older keys with no
            recorded creator.
        creator_still_in_org:
          type: boolean
          nullable: true
          description: >-
            Whether the creator is still a member of the organization. `null`
            for older keys with no recorded creator.
        creator_image_url:
          type: string
          nullable: true
          description: >-
            URL of the creator's avatar. Returned as `null` when the creator is
            no longer in the organization, and for older keys with no recorded
            creator.
      required:
        - id
        - description
        - created_at
  securitySchemes:
    AdminAPIKeyAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: Admin API Key
      description: >-
        Cartesia admin API key (`sk_car_admin_...`). Get one at
        [play.cartesia.ai/keys/admin](https://play.cartesia.ai/keys/admin).

````