# Unable to create Synthetics projects using the API key

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-create-synthetics-projects-using-the-api-key/340335>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [August 8, 2023, 7:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-create-synthetics-projects-using-the-api-key/340335 "2023-08-08T07:37:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![opensourcengineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecccb3/32.png) [@opensourcengineer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/opensourcengineer)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2023, 7:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-create-synthetics-projects-using-the-api-key/340335/1 "2023-08-08T07:37:00Z")

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I am trying to create project in the monitors using the API key and getting the below error:  
TypeError: unusable

command i used is: npx @elastic/synthetics init projects-itops

version 8.4  
containerisation deployment

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2023, 7:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-create-synthetics-projects-using-the-api-key/340335/2 "2023-09-05T07:37:47Z")

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