diff --git a/backendV2/routes/admin/apiDataMgmt.route.js b/backendV2/routes/admin/apiDataMgmt.route.js
index e69de29..804e8b7 100644
--- a/backendV2/routes/admin/apiDataMgmt.route.js
+++ b/backendV2/routes/admin/apiDataMgmt.route.js
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+import express from "express";
+import { authenticateAdmin } from "../../services/authentication.js";
+const router = express.Router();
+import dotenv from "dotenv";
+dotenv.config();
+
+// database funcs import
+import {
+  getAllApiKeys,
+  createAPIentry,
+  deleteAPIKey,
+} from "./database/apiDataMgmt.database.js";
+
+router.get("/get-api-keys", authenticateAdmin, async (req, res) => {
+  const result = await getAllApiKeys();
+  if (result.success) {
+    return res.status(200).json({ apiKeys: result.data });
+  }
+  return res.status(500).json({ message: "Failed to retrieve API keys" });
+});
+
+router.post("/create-api-key", authenticateAdmin, async (req, res) => {
+  const apiKey = req.body.apiKey;
+  const username = req.body.username;
+  const result = await createAPIentry(apiKey, username);
+  if (result.success) {
+    return res.status(201).json({ message: "API key created successfully" });
+  }
+  return res.status(500).json({ message: "Failed to create API key" });
+});
+
+router.delete("/delete-api-key/:id", authenticateAdmin, async (req, res) => {
+  const apiKeyId = req.params.id;
+  const result = await deleteAPIKey(apiKeyId);
+  if (result.success) {
+    return res.status(200).json({ message: "API key deleted successfully" });
+  }
+  return res.status(500).json({ message: "Failed to delete API key" });
+});
+
+export default router;
diff --git a/backendV2/routes/admin/database/apiDataMgmt.database.js b/backendV2/routes/admin/database/apiDataMgmt.database.js
index e69de29..b86790e 100644
--- a/backendV2/routes/admin/database/apiDataMgmt.database.js
+++ b/backendV2/routes/admin/database/apiDataMgmt.database.js
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+import mysql from "mysql2";
+import dotenv from "dotenv";
+dotenv.config();
+
+const pool = mysql
+  .createPool({
+    host: process.env.DB_HOST,
+    user: process.env.DB_USER,
+    password: process.env.DB_PASSWORD,
+    database: process.env.DB_NAME,
+  })
+  .promise();
+
+export const getAllApiKeys = async () => {
+  const [rows] = await pool.query("SELECT * FROM apiKeys");
+  if (rows.length > 0) {
+    return { success: true, data: rows };
+  }
+  return { success: false };
+};
+
+export const createAPIentry = async (apiKey, user) => {
+  const [result] = await pool.query(
+    "INSERT INTO apiKeys (api_key, username) VALUES (?, ?)",
+    [apiKey, user]
+  );
+  if (result.affectedRows > 0) return { success: true };
+  return { success: false };
+};
+
+export const deleteAPKey = async (apiKeyId) => {
+  const [result] = await pool.query("DELETE FROM apiKeys WHERE id = ?", [
+    apiKeyId,
+  ]);
+  if (result.affectedRows > 0) return { success: true };
+  return { success: false };
+};
diff --git a/backendV2/server.js b/backendV2/server.js
index 08fd7d7..9b337ff 100644
--- a/backendV2/server.js
+++ b/backendV2/server.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import userMgmtRouter from "./routes/app/userMgmt.route.js";
 import userDataMgmtRouter from "./routes/admin/userDataMgmt.route.js";
 import loanDataMgmtRouter from "./routes/admin/loanDataMgmt.route.js";
 import itemDataMgmtRouter from "./routes/admin/itemDataMgmt.route.js";
+import apiDataMgmtRouter from "./routes/admin/apiDataMgmt.route.js";
 
 env.config();
 const app = express();
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ app.use("/api/users", userMgmtRouter);
 app.use("/api/admin/loan-data", loanDataMgmtRouter);
 app.use("/api/admin/user-data", userDataMgmtRouter);
 app.use("/api/admin/item-data", itemDataMgmtRouter);
+app.use("/api/admin/api-data", apiDataMgmtRouter);
 
 // Increase body size limits to support large CSV JSON payloads
 app.use(express.urlencoded({ extended: true, limit: "10mb" }));