From bda7ffaae83ab4942f5dcb2aab628d91180f375f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: iven <99438726+ivenos@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2026 18:47:59 +0200
Subject: Return the created API key from POST /Auth/Keys (#17155)

* Return the created API key from POST /Auth/Keys

* Keep the other API key fields in the DTO
---
 .../Security/AuthenticationManager.cs                     | 15 +++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

(limited to 'Jellyfin.Server.Implementations/Security/AuthenticationManager.cs')

diff --git a/Jellyfin.Server.Implementations/Security/AuthenticationManager.cs b/Jellyfin.Server.Implementations/Security/AuthenticationManager.cs
index cf0293463f..2bc7b9f915 100644
--- a/Jellyfin.Server.Implementations/Security/AuthenticationManager.cs
+++ b/Jellyfin.Server.Implementations/Security/AuthenticationManager.cs
@@ -23,14 +23,25 @@ namespace Jellyfin.Server.Implementations.Security
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
-        public async Task CreateApiKey(string name)
+        public async Task<AuthenticationInfo> CreateApiKey(string name)
         {
             var dbContext = await _dbProvider.CreateDbContextAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
             await using (dbContext.ConfigureAwait(false))
             {
-                dbContext.ApiKeys.Add(new ApiKey(name));
+                var apiKey = new ApiKey(name);
+                dbContext.ApiKeys.Add(apiKey);
 
                 await dbContext.SaveChangesAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+                return new AuthenticationInfo
+                {
+                    AppName = apiKey.Name,
+                    AccessToken = apiKey.AccessToken,
+                    DateCreated = apiKey.DateCreated,
+                    DeviceId = string.Empty,
+                    DeviceName = string.Empty,
+                    AppVersion = string.Empty
+                };
             }
         }
 
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