diff --git a/src/backend/langflow/auth/auth.py b/src/backend/langflow/auth/auth.py
index 28d242342..9d4f12862 100644
--- a/src/backend/langflow/auth/auth.py
+++ b/src/backend/langflow/auth/auth.py
@@ -7,9 +7,8 @@ from fastapi.security import OAuth2PasswordBearer
 from fastapi import Depends, HTTPException, status
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone
 
-from langflow.services.utils import get_settings_manager
+from langflow.services.utils import get_settings_manager, get_session
 
-from langflow.services.utils import get_session
 from langflow.database.models.user import (
     User,
     get_user_by_id,
@@ -125,6 +124,23 @@ def create_user_longterm_token(db: Session = Depends(get_session)) -> dict:
     }
 
 
+def create_user_api_key(user_id: UUID) -> dict:
+    access_token = create_token(
+        data={"sub": str(user_id), "role": "api_key"},
+        expires_delta=timedelta(days=365 * 2),
+    )
+
+    return {"api_key": access_token}
+
+
+def get_user_id_from_token(token: str) -> UUID:
+    try:
+        user_id = jwt.get_unverified_claims(token)["sub"]
+        return UUID(user_id)
+    except (KeyError, JWTError, ValueError):
+        return UUID(int=0)
+
+
 def create_user_tokens(
     user_id: UUID, db: Session = Depends(get_session), update_last_login: bool = False
 ) -> dict:
diff --git a/src/backend/langflow/main.py b/src/backend/langflow/main.py
index b63caff24..7045ec99d 100644
--- a/src/backend/langflow/main.py
+++ b/src/backend/langflow/main.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ from fastapi.responses import FileResponse
 from fastapi.staticfiles import StaticFiles
 
 from langflow.api import router
-from langflow.routers import login, users, health
+from langflow.routers import api_key, login, users, health
 
 from langflow.interface.utils import setup_llm_caching
 from langflow.services.database.utils import initialize_database
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ def create_app():
     )
 
     app.include_router(login.router)
+    app.include_router(api_key.router)
     app.include_router(users.router)
     app.include_router(health.router)
 
diff --git a/src/backend/langflow/routers/api_key.py b/src/backend/langflow/routers/api_key.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7cc712962
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/backend/langflow/routers/api_key.py
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+
+
+from fastapi import APIRouter
+
+
+
+router = APIRouter(tags=["APIKey"])
+
+
+@router.get("/api_key/{user_id}")
+def get_api_key(user_id: str):
+    return {
+        "total_count": 3,
+        "user_id": user_id,
+        "api_keys": [
+            {
+                "id": "4425707e-cce4-4d1b-a54e-bd2632064657",
+                "name": "my api_key name - 01",
+                "created_at": "2023-08-15T19:28:40.019613",
+                "last_used_at": "2023-08-16T18:38:20.875210",
+            },
+            {
+                "id": "6fb7282b-9f2e-4efe-9bda-0c3d8f899473",
+                "name": "my api_key name - 02",
+                "created_at": "2023-08-15T19:41:30.077942",
+                "last_used_at": "2023-08-15T19:45:32.067899",
+            },
+            {
+                "id": "c55f3b32-4920-42b6-a5cd-698b4251806e",
+                "name": "my api_key name - 03",
+                "created_at": "2023-08-15T20:29:40.577808",
+                "last_used_at": "2023-08-15T20:29:40.577816",
+            },
+        ],
+    }
+
+
+@router.post("/api_key/{user_id}")
+def create_api_key(user_id: str):
+    return {
+        "user_id": user_id,
+        "name": "my api-key 01",
+        "api_key": "lf-eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzdWIiOiI1YTBmODM1ZS0yMTQxLTQ2YWItYmQ4NS0yMWEzMjQ1MTE2ZDAiLCJleHAiOjE2OTIyMTUwMTN9.c_s0ZPRtjSI9yUrhi8ACIwyXf0feRLYfaeIZEbRVKQg",
+    }
+
+
+@router.delete("/api_key/{api_key_id}")
+def delete_api_key(api_key_id: str):
+    return {"detail": "API Key deleted"}
diff --git a/src/backend/langflow/services/settings/base.py b/src/backend/langflow/services/settings/base.py
index d99f0f8b5..ec976bade 100644
--- a/src/backend/langflow/services/settings/base.py
+++ b/src/backend/langflow/services/settings/base.py
@@ -42,11 +42,17 @@ class Settings(BaseSettings):
     ACCESS_TOKEN_EXPIRE_MINUTES: int = 60
     REFRESH_TOKEN_EXPIRE_MINUTES: int = 70
 
+    # API Key to execute /process endpoint
+    API_KEY_SECRET_KEY: Optional[
+        str
+    ] = "b82818e0ad4ff76615c5721ee21004b07d84cd9b87ba4d9cb42374da134b841a"
+    API_KEY_ALGORITHM: str = "HS256"
+
     # If AUTO_LOGIN = True
     # > The application does not request login and logs in automatically as a super user.
-    AUTO_LOGIN: bool = False
-    FIRST_SUPERUSER: str = "superuser"
-    FIRST_SUPERUSER_PASSWORD: str = "12345"
+    AUTO_LOGIN: bool = True
+    FIRST_SUPERUSER: str = "langflow"
+    FIRST_SUPERUSER_PASSWORD: str = "langflow"
 
     @validator("DATABASE_URL", pre=True)
     def set_database_url(cls, value):