Modifying a Permanent Access Key

Function

This API can be used by the administrator to modify the specified permanent access key of an IAM user or used by an IAM user to modify 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.

Debugging

You can debug this API in API Explorer.

URI

PUT /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 modified.

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	If the administrator is requesting to modify a specified permanent access key of an IAM user, see Actions. If an IAM user is requesting to modify one of their own permanent access keys, the user token (no special permission requirements) of the user is required.

**Table 3** Parameters in the request body
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
credential	Yes	Object	Authentication information.

**Table 4** credential
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
status	No	String	Status of the access key. Options: active: Enabled inactive: Disabled
description	No	String	Description of the access key.

Response Parameters

**Table 5** Parameters in the response body
Parameter	Type	Description
credential	Object	Authentication information.

**Table 6** credential
Parameter	Type	Description
user_id	String	IAM user ID.
access	String	AK.
status	String	Status of the access key. Options: active: Enabled inactive: Disabled
create_time	String	Time when the access key was created. NOTE: The value is a UTC time in the YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss.ssssssZ format, for example, 2023-06-28T08:56:33.710000Z. For details about the date and timestamp formats, see ISO-8601.
description	String	Description of the access key.

Example Request

Request for an IAM user to disable their specific permanent access key

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

{
    "credential": {
        "status": "inactive",
        "description": "IAMDescription"
    }
}

Example Response

Status code: 200

The request is successful.

{
    "credential": {
        "status": "inactive",
        "access": "LOSZM4YRVLKOY9...",
        "create_time": "2020-01-08T06:26:08.123059Z",
        "user_id": "07609fb9358010e21f7bc00375..."
    }
}

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.