Required. The fingerprint of the public key to update. Public keys are identified by their SHA-256 fingerprint. The fingerprint of the public key is in format users/{user}/sshPublicKeys/{fingerprint}.
[[["Easy to understand","easyToUnderstand","thumb-up"],["Solved my problem","solvedMyProblem","thumb-up"],["Other","otherUp","thumb-up"]],[["Hard to understand","hardToUnderstand","thumb-down"],["Incorrect information or sample code","incorrectInformationOrSampleCode","thumb-down"],["Missing the information/samples I need","missingTheInformationSamplesINeed","thumb-down"],["Other","otherDown","thumb-down"]],["Last updated 2025-07-28 UTC."],[[["\u003cp\u003eThis webpage details how to update an SSH public key via a \u003ccode\u003ePATCH\u003c/code\u003e request to the OS Login API.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ccode\u003ePATCH\u003c/code\u003e request requires the SSH public key's fingerprint in the URL's \u003ccode\u003ename\u003c/code\u003e path parameter, formatted as \u003ccode\u003eusers/{user}/sshPublicKeys/{fingerprint}\u003c/code\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eAn optional \u003ccode\u003eupdateMask\u003c/code\u003e query parameter allows specifying which fields should be updated, otherwise all fields are updated.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe request body must include an instance of \u003ccode\u003eSshPublicKey\u003c/code\u003e, and the response body also returns an instance of \u003ccode\u003eSshPublicKey\u003c/code\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eAuthorization for this operation requires either the \u003ccode\u003ehttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform\u003c/code\u003e or \u003ccode\u003ehttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute\u003c/code\u003e OAuth scope.\u003c/p\u003e\n"]]],[],null,["# Method: users.sshPublicKeys.patch\n\n- [HTTP request](#body.HTTP_TEMPLATE)\n- [Path parameters](#body.PATH_PARAMETERS)\n- [Query parameters](#body.QUERY_PARAMETERS)\n- [Request body](#body.request_body)\n- [Response body](#body.response_body)\n- [Authorization scopes](#body.aspect)\n- [Try it!](#try-it)\n\nUpdates an SSH public key and returns the profile information. This method supports patch semantics.\n\n### HTTP request\n\n`PATCH https://oslogin.googleapis.com/v1beta/{name=users/*/sshPublicKeys/*}`\n\nThe URL uses [gRPC Transcoding](https://google.aip.dev/127) syntax.\n\n### Path parameters\n\n### Query parameters\n\n### Request body\n\nThe request body contains an instance of [SshPublicKey](/compute/docs/oslogin/rest/Shared.Types/SshPublicKey).\n\n### Response body\n\nIf successful, the response body contains an instance of [SshPublicKey](/compute/docs/oslogin/rest/Shared.Types/SshPublicKey).\n\n### Authorization scopes\n\nRequires one of the following OAuth scopes:\n\n- `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform`\n- `\n https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute`\n\nFor more information, see the [Authentication Overview](/docs/authentication#authorization-gcp)."]]
