---
title: "Get the Administration Settings object using key (getAdminSettings)"
method: GET
path: "/api/admin/settings/{key}"
tags: ["admin-controller"]
---

# Get the Administration Settings object using key (getAdminSettings)

`GET /api/admin/settings/{key}`

Get the Administration Settings object using specified string key. Referencing non-existing key will cause an error.

Available for users with 'SYS_ADMIN' authority.

## Path parameters

- `key` string, required

## Response `200`

OK

- AdminSettings — A JSON value representing the Mail Settings.
  - `id` AdminSettingsId
    - `id` string, uuid, required — ID of the entity, time-based UUID v1
    - `entityType` 'ADMIN_SETTINGS', required — string
  - `createdTime` integer — Timestamp of the settings creation, in milliseconds
  - `tenantId` TenantId
    - `id` string, uuid, required — ID of the entity, time-based UUID v1
    - `entityType` 'TENANT', required — string
  - `key` string — The Administration Settings key, (e.g. 'general' or 'mail')
  - `jsonValue` unknown

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[API](https://skmtc.net/thingsboard/apis/thingsboard-rest-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.net/thingsboard/apis/thingsboard-rest-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc-service-staging.skmtc.workers.dev/v1/apis/thingsboard/thingsboard-rest-api/revisions/40169ccdec5c/schema)