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Querying a Permanent Access Key

Function

This API can be used by the administrator to query the specified permanent access key of an IAM user or used by an IAM user to query one of their own permanent access keys.

The API can be called using both the global endpoint and region-specific endpoints. For IAM endpoints, see Regions and Endpoints.

URI

GET /v3.0/OS-CREDENTIAL/credentials/{access_key}

Table 1 URI parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

access_key

Yes

String

AK of the access key to be queried.

Request Parameters

Table 2 Parameters in the request header

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

Content-Type

Yes

String

Fill application/json;charset=utf8 in this field.

X-Auth-Token

Yes

String

A token with Security Administrator permissions is required if the administrator is requesting to query a specified permanent access key of an IAM user.

If an IAM user is requesting to query one of their own permanent access keys, the user token (no special permission requirements) of the user is required.

Response Parameters

Table 3 Parameters in the response body

Parameter

Type

Description

credential

Object

Authentication result.
Table 4 credential

Parameter

Type

Description

user_id

String

IAM user ID.

access

String

AK.

status

String

Status of the access key.

create_time

String

Time when the access key was created.

last_use_time

String

Time when the access key was last used.

description

String

Description of the access key.

Example Request

 GET https://iam.myhuaweicloud.com/v3.0/OS-CREDENTIAL/credentials/{access_key}

Example Response

Status code: 200

The request is successful.

{
    "credential": {
        "last_use_time": "2020-01-08T06:26:08.123059Z",
        "access": "LOSZM4YRVLKOY9E8...",
        "create_time": "2020-01-08T06:26:08.123059Z",
        "user_id": "07609fb9358010e21f7bc003751...",
        "description": "",
        "status": "active"
    }
}

Status Codes

Status Code

Description

200

The request is successful.

400

Invalid parameters.

401

Authentication failed.

403

Access denied.

404

The requested resource cannot be found.

500

Internal server error.

Error Codes

None

Parent topic: Access Key Management