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title: "API Keys"
description: "How API keys work on Minima"
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# API Keys

## Public vs private API keys

Public API keys are:

- prefixed with `pub_`
- scoped to a particular site in your organization
- only able to retrieve published content
- designed to be used by a front end application

Private API keys are:

- prefixed with `priv_`
- scoped to your organization
- able to perform any action, including destructive ones
- should never be committed to a code repository
- should not be used, or available, on the client

## How to create an API key

Create an API key by going to Settings -> API keys.

Neither can be retrieved from the Minima UI once they have been created.

These prefixes have been chosen specifically to make it obvious what you're dealing with.

Source: https://docs.minima.ltd/developers/api-keys/index.mdx