Enable/Disable a User API Key¶

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Example Request
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Personal API keys are deprecated.

You cannot create new Personal API Keys.
You cannot use your existing Personal API Keys for accessing the API from March 1, 2021.
You must update any existing scripts or tools to use Programmatic API Keys instead.

The Atlas API authenticates using HTTP Digest Authentication. Provide a programmatic API public key and corresponding private key as the username and password when constructing the HTTP request.

To learn how to configure API access for an Atlas project, see Configure Atlas API Access.

Base URL: https://cloud.mongodb.com/api/atlas/v1.0

Use this endpoint to enable or disable a user’s API key. You must be the database user specified in the digest authentication to successfully use this endpoint.

Resource¶

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PATCH /users/{USER-ID}/keys/{KEY-ID}

Request Parameters¶

Request Path Parameters¶

Path Element	Required/Optional	Description
`USER-ID`	Required.	The unique identifier for your database user. Specify the value of the `id` field in the response body to the /orgs/{ORG-ID}/users endpoint.
`KEY-ID`	Required	The unique identifier for the user API key that you want to enable or disable.

Request Query Parameters¶

The following query parameters are optional:

Query Parameter	Type	Description	Default
`pretty`	boolean	Displays response in a prettyprint format.	`false`
`envelope`	boolean	Specifies whether or not to wrap the response in an envelope.	`false`

Request Body Parameters¶

Name	Type	Description
`enabled`	boolean	Indicates whether the API key is enabled or disabled. Required.

Response¶

Name	Type	Description
`createdAt`	timestamp	The time the API key was created.
`description`	string	Description of the API key.
`enabled`	boolean	Indicates whether the API key is enabled.
`id`	string	The unique identifier of the API key.
`obfuscatedKey`	string	The last twelve digits of the API key that you enabled or disabled. The remainder of the key is obfuscated for security.
`usedCount`	number	The number of times that the API key has been used by the associated user.
`userId`	string	The user ID associated with the request for a new API key.

Example Request¶

The following example disables a user API key:

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curl -X PATCH --digest -u "{PUBLIC-KEY}:{PRIVATE-KEY}" --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
 "https://cloud.mongodb.com/api/atlas/v1.0/users/69g73c0980eef52994dbgdge/keys/5af48e7f87d9d67a814ab1g5" \
 --data '{"enabled":"false"}'

Example Response¶

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{
  "createdAt" : "2018-05-10T21:29:27Z",
  "description" : "My API Key",
  "enabled" : false,
  "id" : "5af4b9b787d9d624af93c04c",
  "obfuscatedKey" : "********-****-****-670587c49cc9",
  "usedCount" : 1,
  "userId" : "69g73c0980eef52994dbgdge"
}

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