Method: projects.locations.keys.getKeyString

Get the key string for an API key.

NOTE: Key is a global resource; hence the only supported value for location is global.

HTTP request

GET https://apikeys.googleapis.com/v2/{name=projects/*/locations/*/keys/*}/keyString

The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.

Path parameters

Parameters
name

string

Required. The resource name of the API key to be retrieved.

Authorization requires the following IAM permission on the specified resource name:

  • apikeys.keys.getKeyString

Request body

The request body must be empty.

Response body

If successful, the response body contains data with the following structure:

Response message for keys.getKeyString method.

JSON representation
{
  "keyString": string
}
Fields
keyString

string

An encrypted and signed value of the key.

Authorization Scopes

Requires one of the following OAuth scopes:

  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform.read-only
  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform

For more information, see the Authentication Overview.

IAM Permissions

Requires the following IAM permission on the name resource:

  • apikeys.keys.getKeyString

For more information, see the IAM documentation.