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## Resource: About Admin Operations

## Article: About Admin Operations

## Article Link: https://dev.wix.com/docs/go-headless/develop-your-project/self-managed-headless/authentication/about-admin-operations.md

## Article Content:

# 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](https://dev.wix.com/docs/api-reference/articles/authentication/api-keys/generate-an-api-key.md)
- [Make API Calls with an API Key](https://dev.wix.com/docs/api-reference/articles/authentication/api-keys/make-api-calls-with-an-api-key.md)


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__Important:__ Store your API keys securely and only use them in backend code.

</blockquote>

## See also

- [About API keys](https://dev.wix.com/docs/api-reference/articles/authentication/api-keys/about-api-keys.md)
- [Make API Calls with an API Key](https://dev.wix.com/docs/api-reference/articles/authentication/api-keys/make-api-calls-with-an-api-key.md)