Exchange authorization code for API key | OpenRouter

Exchange an authorization code from the PKCE flow for a user-controlled API key

AuthorizationBearer

API key as bearer token in Authorization header

This endpoint expects an object.

codestringRequired

The authorization code received from the OAuth redirect

code_challenge_methodenum or nullOptional

The method used to generate the code challenge

Allowed values:

code_verifierstringOptional

The code verifier if code_challenge was used in the authorization request

Successfully exchanged code for an API key

keystring

The API key to use for OpenRouter requests

user_idstring or null

User ID associated with the API key

400

Bad Request Error

403

Forbidden Error

500

Internal Server Error

$	curl -X POST https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/auth/keys \
>	-H "Authorization: Bearer <token>" \
>	-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
>	-d '{
>	"code": "auth_code_abc123def456",
>	"code_challenge_method": "S256",
>	"code_verifier": "dBjftJeZ4CVP-mB92K27uhbUJU1p1r_wW1gFWFOEjXk"
>	}'