Updated on 2025-10-16 GMT+08:00

Querying an SSH Key Pair (Native OpenStack API)

Function

This API is used to query a specified SSH key pair based on the key pair name.

URI

GET /v2.1/{project_id}/os-keypairs/{keypair_name}

Table 1 lists the parameters.

**Table 1** Parameter description
Parameter	Mandatory	Description
project_id	Yes	Specifies the project ID. For details about how to obtain the project ID, see Obtaining a Project ID.
keypair_name	Yes	Specifies the key pair name. You can obtain the key pair name by calling the Querying SSH Key Pairs (Native OpenStack API) API.

Request Parameters

None

Example Request

Querying details about a key pair (name: keypair-test)

     GET https://{ECS Endpoint}/v2.1/bbf1946d374b44a0a2a95533562ba954/os-keypairs/keypair-test

Response Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
keypair	Object	Specifies the SSH key pair. For details, see Table 2.

**Table 2** **keypair** data structure
Parameter	Type	Description
public_key	String	Specifies information about the public key in the key pair.
name	String	Specifies the key pair name.
fingerprint	String	Specifies fingerprint information about the key pair.
created_at	String	Specifies the time when the key pair was created. The timestamp format is ISO 8601, for example, 2019-05-07T12:06:13.681238.
deleted	Boolean	Specifies the deleted key pair. true: indicates that the key has been deleted. false: indicates that the key is not deleted.
deleted_at	String	Specifies the time when the key pair was deleted. The timestamp format is ISO 8601, for example, 2019-05-07T12:06:13.681238.
id	String	Specifies the key pair ID.
updated_at	String	Specifies the time when the key pair was updated. The timestamp format is ISO 8601, for example, 2019-05-07T12:06:13.681238.
user_id	String	Specifies information about the user owning the key pair.

Example Response

     {
    "keypair": {
        "created_at": "2019-05-07T12:06:13.681238",
        "deleted": false,
        "deleted_at": null,
        "fingerprint": "9d:00:f4:d7:26:6e:52:06:4c:c1:d3:1d:fd:06:66:01",
        "id": 1,
        "name": "keypair-3582d8b7-e588-4aad-b7f7-f4e76f0e4314",
        "public_key": "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQDYJrTVpcMwFqQy/oMvtUSRofZdSRHEwrsX8AYkRvn2ZnCXM+b6+GZ2NQuuWj+ocznlnwiGFQDsL/yeE+/kurqcPJFKKp60mToXIMyzioFxW88fJtwEWawHKAclbHWpR1t4fQ4DS+/sIbX/Yd9btlVQ2tpQjodGDbM9Tr9/+/3i6rcR+EoLqmbgCgAiGiVV6VbM2Zx79yUwd+GnQejHX8BlYZoOjCnt3NREsITcmWE9FVFy6TnLmahs3FkEO/QGgWGkaohAJlsgaVvSWGgDn2AujKYwyDokK3dXyeX3m2Vmc3ejiqPa/C4nRrCOlko5nSgV/9IXRx1ERImsqZnE9usB Generated-by-Nova",
        "updated_at": null,
        "user_id": "fake"
    }
}
 
 
  

Returned Values

Normal values

Returned Values	Description
200	The request has been successfully processed.

For details about other returned values, see Status Codes.

Error Codes

See Error Codes.

Parent topic: BMS SSH Key Management (Native OpenStack APIs)