Updated on 2026-07-22 GMT+08:00

Obtaining a Temporary Security Credential Through an Agency or Trust Agency

Function

This API is used to obtain a temporary security credential through an agency or trust agency. The temporary security credential can be used to control access to cloud resources.

Authorization Information

Each account root user has all the permissions required to call all APIs, but IAM users must be assigned the following required identity policy-based permissions. For details about the required permissions, see Permissions Policies and Supported Actions.

Action

Access Level

Resource Type (*: required)

Condition Key

Alias

Dependencies

sts:agencies:assume

Write

agency *

g:ResourceTag/<tag-key>

-

  • sts::tagSession
  • sts::setSourceIdentity

-

  • sts:ExternalId

  • sts:SourceIdentity

  • sts:TransitiveTagKeys

  • sts:AgencySessionName

  • g:RequestTag/<tag-key>

  • g:TagKeys

  • g:SourceAccount

  • g:SourceUrn

  • saml:namequalifier

  • saml:sub

  • saml:sub_type

URI

POST /v5/agencies/assume

Request Parameters

Table 1 Request header parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

X-Security-Token

No

String

Definition:

security_token field of a temporary security credential.

Constraints:

When an API is called using a temporary security credential, the HTTP header X-Security-Token must be provided.

Range:

N/A

Default Value:

N/A

Table 2 Request body parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

duration_seconds

No

Integer

Definition:

Validity period (in seconds) of the obtained temporary security credential.

Constraints:

Note that the duration must be less than the maximum session duration set for the agency and cannot exceed 3,600 seconds when the X-Security-Token header is carried.

Range:

The value ranges from 900 to 43200.

Default Value:

The default value is 3600.

external_id

No

String

Definition:

External ID, which prevents confused deputy issues.

Constraints:

The value contains 2 to 1,224 characters.

Range:

N/A.

Default Value:

N/A.

policy

No

String

Definition :

Custom policy. For details, see Reference.

Constraints:

The permission scope of the temporary security credential obtained in this session cannot exceed the permission scope specified in the custom policy.

The value contains 2 to 2,048 characters.

Range:

N/A.

Default Value:

N/A.

policy_ids

No

Array of strings

Definition:

List of preset policies. The permission scope of the temporary security credential obtained in this session cannot exceed the permissions specified in the preset policies.

Constraints:

N/A

Range:

N/A

Default Value:

N/A

agency_urn

Yes

String

Definition:

URN of a target agency.

Constraints:

The value contains 0 to 1,500 characters.

Range:

N/A

Default Value:

N/A

agency_session_name

Yes

String

Definition:

Name of the assumed-agency session.

Constraints:

The value contains 2 to 128 characters.

Range:

N/A

Default Value:

N/A

serial_number

No

String

Definition:

Serial number of the MFA device bound to the caller.

Constraints:

The value contains 9 to 256 characters.

Range:

N/A

Default Value:

N/A

token_code

No

String

Definition:

6-digit code of the MFA device bound to the caller.

Constraints:

The value contains 6 characters.

Range:

N/A

Default Value:

N/A

source_identity

No

String

Definition:

Identity declared by the initial caller in the call chain.

Constraints:

The value contains 2 to 64 characters.

Range:

N/A

Default Value:

N/A

tags

No

Array of TagDto objects

Definition:

List of custom tags.

Constraints:

N/A

Range:

N/A

Default Value:

N/A

transitive_tag_keys

No

Array of strings

Definition:

List of tag keys that are continuously transparently transmitted along with the temporary security credential call chain.

Constraints:

N/A

Range:

N/A

Default Value:

N/A

Table 3 TagDto

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

key

Yes

String

Definition:

Tag key.

Constraints:

The value contains 1 to 128 characters.

Range:

N/A

Default Value:

N/A

value

Yes

String

Definition:

Tag value.

Constraints:

The value contains 0 to 255 characters.

Range:

The value can be an empty string but cannot be null.

Default Value:

N/A

Response Parameters

Status code: 200

Table 4 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

source_identity

String

Definition:

Identity declared by the initial caller in the call chain.

Range:

N/A

assumed_agency

AssumedAgencyDto object

Definition:

Information about an agency session or trust agency session.

Range:

N/A

credentials

CredentialsDto object

Definition:

Generated temporary security credentials.

Range:

N/A

Table 5 AssumedAgencyDto

Parameter

Type

Description

urn

String

Definition:

URN of an agency session or trust agency session.

Range:

N/A

id

String

Definition:

Unique identifier of an agency session or trust agency session, including the agency ID and agency session name.

Range:

N/A

Table 6 CredentialsDto

Parameter

Type

Description

access_key_id

String

Definition:

AK of the temporary security credential.

Range:

N/A

expiration

String

Definition:

Expiration time of the temporary security credential.

Range:

N/A

secret_access_key

String

Definition:

SK of the temporary security credential.

Range:

N/A

security_token

String

Definition:

security_token of the temporary security credential.

Range:

N/A

Status code: 400

Table 7 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Definition :

Error code. For details, see Error Code.

Range:

The format is STS5.XXXX, for example, STS5.1001.

error_msg

String

Definition :

Error message. For details, see Error Message.

Range:

N/A.

Status code: 403

Table 8 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Definition :

Error code. For details, see Error Code.

Range:

The format is STS5.XXXX, for example, STS5.1001.

error_msg

String

Definition :

Error message. For details, see Error Message.

Range:

N/A.

encoded_authorization_message

String

Definition :

Encrypted details returned when the authentication fails, which are used to locate authentication problems. The STS5 decryption API can be used for decryption. For details, see API link.

Range:

N/A.

Status code: 404

Table 9 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Definition :

Error code. For details, see Error Code.

Range:

The format is STS5.XXXX, for example, STS5.1001.

error_msg

String

Definition :

Error message. For details, see Error Message.

Range:

N/A.

Status code: 500

Table 10 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Definition :

Error code. For details, see Error Code.

Range:

The format is STS5.XXXX, for example, STS5.1001.

error_msg

String

Definition :

Error message. For details, see Error Message.

Range:

N/A.

Example Requests

Obtaining a temporary security credential through agency Y0yfCQYJGO of account 27680d67da6b47eb82d00a1a118be145

POST https://{endpoint}/v5/agencies/assume

{
  "duration_seconds" : 3600,
  "agency_urn" : "iam::27680d67da6b47eb82d00a1a118be145:agency:Y0yfCQYJGO",
  "agency_session_name" : "session1"
}

Example Responses

Status code: 200

Successful

{
  "assumed_agency" : {
    "urn" : "sts::{account_id}::assumed-agency:{agency_name}/{agency_session_name}",
    "id" : "{agency_id}:{agency_session_name}"
  },
  "credentials" : {
    "access_key_id" : "HSTANO...XBS55JLJ3",
    "secret_access_key" : "EoWCQrr...SCcw4Whkt2aXKWAr",
    "security_token" : "hQpjbi1XXXXXX...XXXXXKbhBbA0TQ==",
    "expiration" : "2022-09-07T03:27:51.158Z"
  }
}

Status Codes

Status Code

Description

200

Successful

400

Bad request

403

Forbidden

404

Not found

500

Server error

Error Codes

See Error Codes.