About Admin Operations

Admin operations are backend API calls that require elevated permissions to access or modify a self-managed headless project's business data. They're useful for building dashboards, automation scripts, and backend services.

Use cases

Use admin operations to perform actions that affect data beyond the current visitor's session:

• Create, approve, or delete site members.
• Add products to your store or update inventory.
• Update order status, issue refunds, or fulfill orders.
• Confirm, cancel, or reschedule bookings.
• Query all orders, members, or bookings across your project.

Perform admin operations

Use an API keys grant a custom set of permissions to your backend code. Unlike OAuth tokens that represent a specific visitor or member, API keys represent administrative access to your project.

To get started with API key authentication:

• Generate an API key
• Make API Calls with an API Key

See also

• About API keys
• Make API Calls with an API Key