diff --git a/api/src/core/api.js b/api/src/core/api.js
index c8ff6fbf..0487ad7a 100644
--- a/api/src/core/api.js
+++ b/api/src/core/api.js
@@ -245,7 +245,10 @@ export const runAPI = async (express, app, __dirname, isPrimary = true) => {
             return fail(res, "error.api.invalid_body");
         }
 
-        const parsed = extract(normalizedRequest.url);
+        const parsed = extract(
+            normalizedRequest.url,
+            APIKeys.getAllowedServices(req.rateLimitKey),
+        );
 
         if (!parsed) {
             return fail(res, "error.api.link.invalid");
diff --git a/api/src/core/env.js b/api/src/core/env.js
index a6623ca0..f7600f65 100644
--- a/api/src/core/env.js
+++ b/api/src/core/env.js
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ const forceLocalProcessingOptions = ["never", "session", "always"];
 const youtubeHlsOptions = ["never", "key", "always"];
 
 export const loadEnvs = (env = process.env) => {
+    const allServices = new Set(Object.keys(services));
     const disabledServices = env.DISABLED_SERVICES?.split(',') || [];
     const enabledServices = new Set(Object.keys(services).filter(e => {
         if (!disabledServices.includes(e)) {
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ export const loadEnvs = (env = process.env) => {
         instanceCount: (env.API_INSTANCE_COUNT && parseInt(env.API_INSTANCE_COUNT)) || 1,
         keyReloadInterval: 900,
 
+        allServices,
         enabledServices,
 
         customInnertubeClient: env.CUSTOM_INNERTUBE_CLIENT,
diff --git a/api/src/processing/url.js b/api/src/processing/url.js
index 5bb690e6..dbbda1cd 100644
--- a/api/src/processing/url.js
+++ b/api/src/processing/url.js
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ export function normalizeURL(url) {
     );
 }
 
-export function extract(url) {
+export function extract(url, enabledServices = env.enabledServices) {
     if (!(url instanceof URL)) {
         url = new URL(url);
     }
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ export function extract(url) {
         return { error: "link.invalid" };
     }
 
-    if (!env.enabledServices.has(host)) {
+    if (!enabledServices.has(host)) {
         // show a different message when youtube is disabled on official instances
         // as it only happens when shit hits the fan
         if (new URL(env.apiURL).hostname.endsWith(".imput.net") && host === "youtube") {
diff --git a/api/src/security/api-keys.js b/api/src/security/api-keys.js
index 37ec66fb..c0ef7770 100644
--- a/api/src/security/api-keys.js
+++ b/api/src/security/api-keys.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ const UUID_REGEX = /^[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{12
 
 let keys = {}, reader = null;
 
-const ALLOWED_KEYS = new Set(['name', 'ips', 'userAgents', 'limit']);
+const ALLOWED_KEYS = new Set(['name', 'ips', 'userAgents', 'limit', 'allowedServices']);
 
 /* Expected format pseudotype:
 ** type KeyFileContents = Record<
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ const ALLOWED_KEYS = new Set(['name', 'ips', 'userAgents', 'limit']);
 **        name?: string,
 **        limit?: number | "unlimited",
 **        ips?: CIDRString[],
-**        userAgents?: string[]
+**        userAgents?: string[],
+**        allowedServices?: "all" | string[],
 **    }
 ** >;
 */
@@ -77,6 +78,19 @@ const validateKeys = (input) => {
                 throw "`userAgents` in details contains an invalid user agent: " + invalid_ua;
             }
         }
+
+        if (details.allowedServices) {
+            const isArray = Array.isArray(details.allowedServices);
+
+            if (isArray) {
+                const invalid_services = details.allowedServices.find(service => !env.allServices.has(service));
+                if (invalid_services) {
+                    throw "`allowedServices` in details contains an invalid service";
+                }
+            } else if (details.allowedServices !== "all") {
+                throw "details object contains value for `allowedServices` which is not an array or `all`";
+            }
+        }
     });
 }
 
@@ -112,6 +126,14 @@ const formatKeys = (keyData) => {
         if (data.userAgents) {
             formatted[key].userAgents = data.userAgents.map(generateWildcardRegex);
         }
+
+        if (data.allowedServices) {
+            if (Array.isArray(data.allowedServices)) {
+                formatted[key].allowedServices = new Set(data.allowedServices);
+            } else {
+                formatted[key].allowedServices = data.allowedServices;
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     return formatted;
@@ -230,3 +252,15 @@ export const setup = (url) => {
         });
     }
 }
+
+export const getAllowedServices = (key) => {
+    if (typeof key !== "string") return;
+
+    const allowedServices = keys[key.toLowerCase()]?.allowedServices;
+    if (!allowedServices) return;
+
+    if (allowedServices === "all") {
+        return env.allServices;
+    }
+    return allowedServices;
+}