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/services/settings/base.py b/src/backend/langflow/services/settings/base.py
index f1b012f4d..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 = True
-    FIRST_SUPERUSER: str = "superuser"
-    FIRST_SUPERUSER_PASSWORD: str = "12345"
+    FIRST_SUPERUSER: str = "langflow"
+    FIRST_SUPERUSER_PASSWORD: str = "langflow"
 
     @validator("DATABASE_URL", pre=True)
     def set_database_url(cls, value):