---
title: "Validate an Outlit API key"
method: POST
path: "/api/validate-api-key"
---

# Validate an Outlit API key

`POST /api/validate-api-key`

## Response `200`

Validated API-key context

- ApiKeyValidationSuccess
  - `valid` true, required
  - `organizationId` string, required
  - `createdById` string, nullable, required
  - `organization` object
    - `id` string, required
    - `name` string, nullable, required
    - `slug` string, nullable, required
  - `createdBy` object, nullable
    - `id` string, required
    - `email` string, required
    - `name` string, nullable, required
  - `apiKey` object
    - `id` string, required
    - `name` string, required
    - `prefix` string, required
    - `keyType` 'api' | 'cli' | 'mcp' | 'ci', required
    - `grants` string[], required
    - `createdAt` string, date-time, required
    - `lastUsedAt` string, date-time, nullable, required
    - `totalRequests` integer, required
  - `authorization` object, required
    - `grants` string[], required

## Other responses

- `401` — Invalid credentials
- `503` — API-key validation unavailable

---

[API](https://skmtc.net/outlitai/apis/outlit-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.net/outlitai/apis/outlit-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc-service-staging.skmtc.workers.dev/v1/apis/outlitai/outlit-api/versions/5657e401e81d/schema)