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OpenAI Platform - Create an Admin API key to connect to Keypup

How to create the OpenAI Admin API key Keypup needs to import your OpenAI API usage

Written by Tom Williams

Keypup reads your OpenAI API usage with an Admin API key of your OpenAI organization. This article explains how to create one.

A project API key is not enough. The keys your applications use to call the OpenAI API (starting with sk-proj-) cannot read usage reports. Only an Admin API key, starting with sk-admin-, can.

Prerequisites

You must be an owner of the OpenAI organization on platform.openai.com. Only owners can create Admin API keys.

Create the Admin API key

  • Sign in to platform.openai.com and go to Settings > Organization > Admin keys.

  • Click Create new admin key and name it, for example Keypup.

  • Copy the key, which starts with sk-admin-. It is only shown once.

Then, in Keypup, go to Settings > App management, click Connect on OpenAI Platform and paste the key.

Keypup only reads usage reports and your organization's member list with this key. It never changes anything in your organization.

For more details, see OpenAI's documentation on the Administration API. To report Codex used with ChatGPT accounts, see OpenAI Codex Enterprise Integration.

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