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# Validate API Key

> Verify that an Outlit API key can authenticate Platform API requests

## Endpoint

```http theme={null}
POST https://app.outlit.ai/api/validate-api-key
```

## Authentication

<ParamField header="Authorization" type="string" required>
  Outlit API key using the `Bearer ok_...` format.
</ParamField>

## Request Body

No request body is required when validating the API key from the `Authorization` header.

## Example

```bash theme={null}
curl -X POST https://app.outlit.ai/api/validate-api-key \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer ok_your_api_key"
```

## Success Response

```json theme={null}
{
  "valid": true,
  "organizationId": "org_123",
  "createdById": "user_123"
}
```

<ResponseField name="valid" type="boolean">
  Whether the supplied API key is active and accepted.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="organizationId" type="string">
  Organization associated with the API key.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="createdById" type="string | null">
  User that created the API key, when available.
</ResponseField>

## Error Responses

Invalid or disabled keys return `401`:

```json theme={null}
{
  "valid": false,
  "error": "Invalid credentials"
}
```

Malformed validation requests return `400`. Server-side validation failures return `500`.