Updated on 2025-09-26 GMT+08:00

Obtaining a Temporary Access Credential

Function

This API is used to obtain a temporary access credential.

Constraints

None.

Calling Method

For details, see Calling APIs.

URI

POST /v2/{project_id}/instances/{instance_id}/temp-credential

Table 1 Path Parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

project_id

Yes

String

Project ID.

instance_id

Yes

String

ID of an SWR Enterprise Edition instance.

Request Parameters

Table 2 Request header parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

X-Auth-Token

Yes

String

User token.

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

Response Parameters

Status code: 201

Table 3 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

auth_token

String

Password of a temporary access credential.

created_at

String

Creation time.

expire_date

String

Expiration time.

token_id

String

ID of a temporary access credential.

user_id

String

User ID of a temporary access credential.

Status code: 400

Table 4 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Error code.

error_msg

String

Error message.

encoded_authorization_message

String

Detailed rejection reason after encryption. You can call the API decode-authorization-message of STS to decrypt the reason.

Status code: 401

Table 5 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Error code.

error_msg

String

Error message.

encoded_authorization_message

String

Detailed rejection reason after encryption. You can call the API decode-authorization-message of STS to decrypt the reason.

Status code: 403

Table 6 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Error code.

error_msg

String

Error message.

encoded_authorization_message

String

Detailed rejection reason after encryption. You can call the API decode-authorization-message of STS to decrypt the reason.

Status code: 404

Table 7 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Error code.

error_msg

String

Error message.

encoded_authorization_message

String

Detailed rejection reason after encryption. You can call the API decode-authorization-message of STS to decrypt the reason.

Status code: 500

Table 8 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Error code.

error_msg

String

Error message.

encoded_authorization_message

String

Detailed rejection reason after encryption. You can call the API decode-authorization-message of STS to decrypt the reason.

Example Requests

POST https://{endpoint}/v2/{project_id}/instances/{instance_id}/temp-credential

Example Responses

Status code: 201

A temporary access credential is obtained successfully.

{
  "auth_token" : "abc123xyz789",
  "created_at" : "2023-10-20T15:30:00Z",
  "expire_date" : "2023-10-21T15:30:00Z",
  "token_id" : "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
  "user_id" : "test_user_123"
}

SDK Sample Code

The SDK sample code is as follows.

Java

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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.swr.v2.region.SwrRegion;
import com.huaweicloud.sdk.swr.v2.*;
import com.huaweicloud.sdk.swr.v2.model.*;


public class CreateInstanceTempCredentialSolution {

    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);

        SwrClient client = SwrClient.newBuilder()
                .withCredential(auth)
                .withRegion(SwrRegion.valueOf("<YOUR REGION>"))
                .build();
        CreateInstanceTempCredentialRequest request = new CreateInstanceTempCredentialRequest();
        request.withInstanceId("{instance_id}");
        try {
            CreateInstanceTempCredentialResponse response = client.createInstanceTempCredential(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());
        }
    }
}

Python

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# coding: utf-8

import os
from huaweicloudsdkcore.auth.credentials import BasicCredentials
from huaweicloudsdkswr.v2.region.swr_region import SwrRegion
from huaweicloudsdkcore.exceptions import exceptions
from huaweicloudsdkswr.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 = SwrClient.new_builder() \
        .with_credentials(credentials) \
        .with_region(SwrRegion.value_of("<YOUR REGION>")) \
        .build()

    try:
        request = CreateInstanceTempCredentialRequest()
        request.instance_id = "{instance_id}"
        response = client.create_instance_temp_credential(request)
        print(response)
    except exceptions.ClientRequestException as e:
        print(e.status_code)
        print(e.request_id)
        print(e.error_code)
        print(e.error_msg)

Go

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package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"github.com/huaweicloud/huaweicloud-sdk-go-v3/core/auth/basic"
    swr "github.com/huaweicloud/huaweicloud-sdk-go-v3/services/swr/v2"
	"github.com/huaweicloud/huaweicloud-sdk-go-v3/services/swr/v2/model"
    region "github.com/huaweicloud/huaweicloud-sdk-go-v3/services/swr/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 := basic.NewCredentialsBuilder().
        WithAk(ak).
        WithSk(sk).
        WithProjectId(projectId).
        Build()

    client := swr.NewSwrClient(
        swr.SwrClientBuilder().
            WithRegion(region.ValueOf("<YOUR REGION>")).
            WithCredential(auth).
            Build())

    request := &model.CreateInstanceTempCredentialRequest{}
	request.InstanceId = "{instance_id}"
	response, err := client.CreateInstanceTempCredential(request)
	if err == nil {
        fmt.Printf("%+v\n", response)
    } else {
        fmt.Println(err)
    }
}

More

For SDK sample code of more programming languages, see the Sample Code tab in API Explorer. SDK sample code can be automatically generated.

Status Codes

Status Code

Description

201

A temporary access credential is obtained successfully.

400

Request error.

401

Authentication failed.

403

Access denied.

404

Resource not found.

500

Internal error.

Error Codes

See Error Codes.