Updated on 2026-06-11 GMT+08:00

Querying Key Details

Function

This API is used to query key details.

Calling Method

For details, see Calling APIs.

Authorization Information

Each account has all the permissions required to call all APIs, but IAM users must be assigned the required permissions.

  • If you are using role/policy-based authorization, see Permissions Policies and Supported Actions for details on the required permissions.
  • If you are using identity policy-based authorization, the following identity policy-based permissions are required.

    Action

    Access Level

    Resource Type (*: required)

    Condition Key

    Alias

    Dependencies

    kms:cmk:get

    Read

    KeyId *

    • kms:KeyOrigin

    • kms:KeySpec

    • kms:KeyUsage

    • kms:MultiRegionKeyType

    • g:EnterpriseProjectId

    • g:ResourceTag/<tag-key>

    -

    -

    -

    • kms:RequestAlias

    • kms:ResourceAliases

URI

POST /v1.0/{project_id}/kms/describe-key

Table 1 Path Parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

project_id

Yes

String

Definition

Project ID. For details, see Obtaining a Project ID.

Constraints

N/A

Range

The value returned by the IAM API is used, which contains 32 characters.

Default Value

N/A

Request Parameters

Table 2 Request header parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

X-Auth-Token

Yes

String

Definition

User token. It can be obtained by calling the IAM API. The value of X-Subject-Token in the response header is the user token.

Constraints

N/A

Range

Obtain the value by calling the IAM API for obtaining the user token.

Default Value

N/A

Table 3 Request body parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

key_id

Yes

String

Definition

Key ID

Constraints

  • The value must be a 36-byte ID.

  • The value must match the regular expression ^[0-9a-z]{8}-[0-9a-z]{4}-[0-9a-z]{4}-[0-9a-z]{4}-[0-9a-z]{12}$.

Range

N/A

Default Value

N/A

sequence

No

String

Definition

A 36-byte serial number of a request message, for example, 919c82d4-8046-4722-9094-35c3c6524cff.

Constraints

N/A

Range

N/A

Default Value

N/A

Response Parameters

Status code: 200

Table 4 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

key_info

KeyDetails object

Key details.

Table 5 KeyDetails

Parameter

Type

Description

key_id

String

Definition

Key ID

Range

N/A

domain_id

String

Definition

User domain ID

Range

N/A

key_alias

String

Definition

Key alias

Range

N/A

realm

String

Definition

Region to which the key belongs

Range

N/A

key_spec

String

Definition

Key generation algorithm

Range

  • AES_256

  • SM4

  • RSA_2048

  • RSA_3072

  • RSA_4096

  • EC_P256

  • EC_P384

  • SM2

key_usage

String

Definition

Key usage

Range

  • ENCRYPT_DECRYPT

  • SIGN_VERIFY

key_description

String

Definition

Key description

Range

N/A

creation_date

String

Definition

Timestamp when a key was created, that is, the total number of seconds since January 1, 1970.

Range

N/A

scheduled_deletion_date

String

Definition

Timestamp when a key is to be deleted as scheduled, that is, the total number of seconds since January 1, 1970.

Range

N/A

key_state

String

Definition

Key status

Range

  • 1: To be activated

  • 2: Enabled

  • 3: Disabled

  • 4: Pending deletion

  • 5: Pending import

default_key_flag

String

Definition

Master key identifier. The value is 1 for default master keys and 0 for non-default master keys.

Range

N/A

key_type

String

Definition

Key type

Range

N/A

expiration_time

String

Definition

Timestamp when the key material expires, that is, the total number of seconds since January 1, 1970.

Range

N/A

origin

String

Definition

Key source

Range

  • kms: The key material is generated by KMS.

  • external: The key material is imported.

key_rotation_enabled

String

Definition

Key rotation status

Range

  • true

  • false

sys_enterprise_project_id

String

Definition

Enterprise project ID

  • For users who have enabled the enterprise project, the resources are in the default enterprise project.

  • For users who have not enabled the enterprise project, the resources are not in the enterprise project.

Range

N/A

keystore_id

String

Definition

Keystore ID

Range

N/A

keystore_type

String

Definition

Dedicated keystore cluster type

Range

  • DHSM: DHSM cluster

  • CDMS: CDMS cluster

  • DEFAULT: original KMS cluster

Example Requests

Query the details of the key whose ID is 0d0466b0-e727-4d9c-b35d-f84bb474a37f.

{
  "key_id" : "0d0466b0-e727-4d9c-b35d-f84bb474a37f"
}

Example Responses

Status code: 200

Request succeeded.

{
  "key_info" : {
    "key_id" : "0d0466b0-e727-4d9c-b35d-f84bb474a37f",
    "domain_id" : "00074811d5c27c4f8d48bb91e4a1dcfd",
    "key_alias" : "test",
    "realm" : "test",
    "key_description" : "key_description",
    "creation_date" : "1502799822000",
    "scheduled_deletion_date" : "",
    "key_spec" : "AES_256",
    "key_usage" : "ENCRYPT_DECRYPT",
    "key_state" : "2",
    "default_key_flag" : "0",
    "key_type" : "1",
    "expiration_time" : "1501578672000",
    "origin" : "kms",
    "key_rotation_enabled" : "false",
    "sys_enterprise_project_id" : "0"
  }
}

SDK Sample Code

The SDK sample code is as follows.

Query the details of the key whose ID is 0d0466b0-e727-4d9c-b35d-f84bb474a37f.

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package com.huaweicloud.sdk.test;

import com.huaweicloud.sdk.core.auth.ICredential;
import com.huaweicloud.sdk.core.auth.BasicCredentials;
import com.huaweicloud.sdk.core.exception.ConnectionException;
import com.huaweicloud.sdk.core.exception.RequestTimeoutException;
import com.huaweicloud.sdk.core.exception.ServiceResponseException;
import com.huaweicloud.sdk.kms.v2.region.KmsRegion;
import com.huaweicloud.sdk.kms.v2.*;
import com.huaweicloud.sdk.kms.v2.model.*;


public class ListKeyDetailSolution {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // The AK and SK used for authentication are hard-coded or stored in plaintext, which has great security risks. It is recommended that the AK and SK be stored in ciphertext in configuration files or environment variables and decrypted during use to ensure security.
        // In this example, AK and SK are stored in environment variables for authentication. Before running this example, set environment variables CLOUD_SDK_AK and CLOUD_SDK_SK in the local environment
        String ak = System.getenv("CLOUD_SDK_AK");
        String sk = System.getenv("CLOUD_SDK_SK");
        String projectId = "{project_id}";

        ICredential auth = new BasicCredentials()
                .withProjectId(projectId)
                .withAk(ak)
                .withSk(sk);

        KmsClient client = KmsClient.newBuilder()
                .withCredential(auth)
                .withRegion(KmsRegion.valueOf("<YOUR REGION>"))
                .build();
        ListKeyDetailRequest request = new ListKeyDetailRequest();
        OperateKeyRequestBody body = new OperateKeyRequestBody();
        body.withKeyId("0d0466b0-e727-4d9c-b35d-f84bb474a37f");
        request.withBody(body);
        try {
            ListKeyDetailResponse response = client.listKeyDetail(request);
            System.out.println(response.toString());
        } catch (ConnectionException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (RequestTimeoutException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (ServiceResponseException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
            System.out.println(e.getHttpStatusCode());
            System.out.println(e.getRequestId());
            System.out.println(e.getErrorCode());
            System.out.println(e.getErrorMsg());
        }
    }
}

Query the details of the key whose ID is 0d0466b0-e727-4d9c-b35d-f84bb474a37f.

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# coding: utf-8

import os
from huaweicloudsdkcore.auth.credentials import BasicCredentials
from huaweicloudsdkkms.v2.region.kms_region import KmsRegion
from huaweicloudsdkcore.exceptions import exceptions
from huaweicloudsdkkms.v2 import *

if __name__ == "__main__":
    # The AK and SK used for authentication are hard-coded or stored in plaintext, which has great security risks. It is recommended that the AK and SK be stored in ciphertext in configuration files or environment variables and decrypted during use to ensure security.
    # In this example, AK and SK are stored in environment variables for authentication. Before running this example, set environment variables CLOUD_SDK_AK and CLOUD_SDK_SK in the local environment
    ak = os.environ["CLOUD_SDK_AK"]
    sk = os.environ["CLOUD_SDK_SK"]
    projectId = "{project_id}"

    credentials = BasicCredentials(ak, sk, projectId)

    client = KmsClient.new_builder() \
        .with_credentials(credentials) \
        .with_region(KmsRegion.value_of("<YOUR REGION>")) \
        .build()

    try:
        request = ListKeyDetailRequest()
        request.body = OperateKeyRequestBody(
            key_id="0d0466b0-e727-4d9c-b35d-f84bb474a37f"
        )
        response = client.list_key_detail(request)
        print(response)
    except exceptions.ClientRequestException as e:
        print(e.status_code)
        print(e.request_id)
        print(e.error_code)
        print(e.error_msg)

Query the details of the key whose ID is 0d0466b0-e727-4d9c-b35d-f84bb474a37f.

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package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"github.com/huaweicloud/huaweicloud-sdk-go-v3/core/auth/basic"
    kms "github.com/huaweicloud/huaweicloud-sdk-go-v3/services/kms/v2"
	"github.com/huaweicloud/huaweicloud-sdk-go-v3/services/kms/v2/model"
    region "github.com/huaweicloud/huaweicloud-sdk-go-v3/services/kms/v2/region"
)

func main() {
    // The AK and SK used for authentication are hard-coded or stored in plaintext, which has great security risks. It is recommended that the AK and SK be stored in ciphertext in configuration files or environment variables and decrypted during use to ensure security.
    // In this example, AK and SK are stored in environment variables for authentication. Before running this example, set environment variables CLOUD_SDK_AK and CLOUD_SDK_SK in the local environment
    ak := os.Getenv("CLOUD_SDK_AK")
    sk := os.Getenv("CLOUD_SDK_SK")
    projectId := "{project_id}"

    auth, err := basic.NewCredentialsBuilder().
        WithAk(ak).
        WithSk(sk).
        WithProjectId(projectId).
        SafeBuild()

    if err != nil {
        fmt.Println(err)
        return
    }

    hcClient, err := kms.KmsClientBuilder().
         WithRegion(region.ValueOf("<YOUR REGION>")).
         WithCredential(auth).
         SafeBuild()


    if err != nil {
        fmt.Println(err)
        return
    }

    client := kms.NewKmsClient(hcClient)

    request := &model.ListKeyDetailRequest{}
	request.Body = &model.OperateKeyRequestBody{
		KeyId: "0d0466b0-e727-4d9c-b35d-f84bb474a37f",
	}
	response, err := client.ListKeyDetail(request)
	if err == nil {
        fmt.Printf("%+v\n", response)
    } else {
        fmt.Println(err)
    }
}

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Status Codes

Status Code

Description

200

Request succeeded.

Error Codes

See Error Codes.