Where to find supabase keys for local development

[thiagodebastos]

I've managed to initialise a local development instance via supabase init. However, I have lost the credentials initially printed out at the end of the script. How can I get those credentials again?

[thiagodebastos]

Apologies, I've not used these discussions on gh much, I think I found a similar question that may point to a solution (#1029).

SOLUTION:
The anon and service keys can be found in .supabase/kong/kong.yml. Scroll down to the end of the file and the keys are under:

consumers:
  - username: 'private-key'
    keyauth_credentials:
      - key: ANON_KEY
      - key: SERVICE_KEY

[BRoberts-1]

Possible solution:

npx supabase status will print the information you need if you have a local instance of supabase already running on your machine.

[jjmax75]

this is the answer - april 2023

[luizkc]

why is there no service role key in local dev. with supabase? To create a client that bypasses RLS for your local env.

[Michota]

why is there no service role key in local dev. with supabase? To create a client that bypasses RLS for your local env.

its a question or a statement?

[MajorWookie]

[felixmpaulus]

your red rectangle is wrong. its the value underneath it. the service_role key

[Hernanarica]

donde esta ahora el service_role?

[Pranit-Harekar]

If above methods don't work, you can:

1. Run supabase status to get the Studio URL (e.g. http://127.0.0.1:54323)
2. Launch the Studio
3. Click on "connect" button at the top left corner (right next to the "Default Project")
4. Click on the "App Frameworks" in the modal
5. You will find ANON_KEY

[jeremytenjo]

The connect button is not there anymore. Do you where it's located now?

[Michota]

but we are talking about service_role key...

[Michota]

So where is the SERVICE_KEY a.d. 2025?

[sascha-kaleidoscode]

Click the avatar in the top right of Supabase Studio, select Command menu -> Get API Keys -> Copy anonymous API key

[liy-che]

Click the avatar in the top right of Supabase Studio, select Command menu -> Get API Keys -> Copy anonymous API key

This, except it's Command menu -> Get API Keys -> Copy service API key for the service key.

[KPR7168]

Maybe its worth updating the documentation. I was stuck for a week since I wasn't able to find that service role key locally.

[aantti]

If not a burden - what's the URL of the docs page that wasn't helping?

[nogueiralegacy]

Like others here, I was also struggling to find the local SUPABASE_SERVICE_ROLE_KEY and SUPABASE_ANON_KEY.
Running npx supabase status didn’t show them anymore, and I couldn’t find them in the local dashboard either.

So, I created a simple local function to print them directly from the environment variables.

Here’s what I did:

1. Create a new local function

supabase functions new find-keys

2. Inside supabase/functions/find-keys/index.ts, replace the content with:

console.log(`
Get your local Supabase keys:
URL: ${Deno.env.get('SUPABASE_URL')}
Service Role: ${Deno.env.get('SUPABASE_SERVICE_ROLE_KEY')}
Anon Key: ${Deno.env.get('SUPABASE_ANON_KEY')}
`)

3. Run the function locally

supabase functions serve --no-verify-jwt

4. Call the generated URL (shown in the console) in your browser

It will print all the values in the terminal.

That’s how I finally found my local keys

[stylessh]

Hi, in the meantime you can run npx supabase status -o env to get the api keys.

[fabriziogianni7]

I think this should be the best answer!

[kai-abat]

Thank you for this, I was able to get the SERVICE_ROLE_KEY using the command:

npx supabase status -o env