diff --git a/apps/api/src/controllers/keyAuth.ts b/apps/api/src/controllers/keyAuth.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..351edd1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/api/src/controllers/keyAuth.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+
+import { AuthResponse, RateLimiterMode } from "../types";
+
+import { Request, Response } from "express";
+import { authenticateUser } from "./auth";
+
+
+export const keyAuthController = async (req: Request, res: Response) => {
+  try {
+    // make sure to authenticate user first, Bearer <token>
+    const { success, team_id, error, status } = await authenticateUser(
+      req,
+      res
+    );
+    if (!success) {
+      return res.status(status).json({ error });
+    }
+    // if success, return success: true
+    return res.status(200).json({ success: true });
+  } catch (error) {
+    return res.status(500).json({ error: error.message });
+  }
+};
+
diff --git a/apps/api/src/routes/v0.ts b/apps/api/src/routes/v0.ts
index 42b8814..a9a3a9b 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/routes/v0.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/routes/v0.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { crawlPreviewController } from "../../src/controllers/crawlPreview";
 import { crawlJobStatusPreviewController } from "../../src/controllers/status";
 import { searchController } from "../../src/controllers/search";
 import { crawlCancelController } from "../../src/controllers/crawl-cancel";
+import { keyAuthController } from "../../src/controllers/keyAuth";
 
 export const v0Router = express.Router();
 
@@ -16,6 +17,9 @@ v0Router.get("/v0/crawl/status/:jobId", crawlStatusController);
 v0Router.delete("/v0/crawl/cancel/:jobId", crawlCancelController);
 v0Router.get("/v0/checkJobStatus/:jobId", crawlJobStatusPreviewController);
 
+// Auth route for key based authentication
+v0Router.get("/v0/keyAuth", keyAuthController);
+
 // Search routes
 v0Router.post("/v0/search", searchController);