REST Resource: projects.serviceAccounts.keys

• Resource: ServiceAccountKey
  • JSON representation
• ServiceAccountPrivateKeyType
• ServiceAccountKeyAlgorithm
• Methods

Resource: ServiceAccountKey

Represents a service account key.

A service account has two sets of key-pairs: user-managed, and system-managed.

User-managed key-pairs can be created and deleted by users. Users are responsible for rotating these keys periodically to ensure security of their service accounts. Users retain the private key of these key-pairs, and Google retains ONLY the public key.

System-managed key-pairs are managed automatically by Google, and rotated daily without user intervention. The private key never leaves Google's servers to maximize security.

Public keys for all service accounts are also published at the OAuth2 Service Account API.

JSON representation
{ "name": string, "privateKeyType": enum(ServiceAccountPrivateKeyType), "keyAlgorithm": enum(ServiceAccountKeyAlgorithm), "privateKeyData": string, "publicKeyData": string, "validAfterTime": string, "validBeforeTime": string }

Fields
name	string The resource name of the service account key in the following format projects/{PROJECT_ID}/serviceAccounts/{ACCOUNT}/keys/{key}.
privateKeyType	enum(ServiceAccountPrivateKeyType) The output format for the private key. Only provided in keys.create responses, not in keys.get or ListServiceAccountKey responses. Google never exposes system-managed private keys, and never retains user-managed private keys.
keyAlgorithm	enum(ServiceAccountKeyAlgorithm) Specifies the algorithm (and possibly key size) for the key.
privateKeyData	string (bytes format) The private key data. Only provided in keys.create responses. Make sure to keep the private key data secure because it allows for the assertion of the service account identity. When base64 decoded, the private key data can be used to authenticate with Google API client libraries and with gcloud auth activate-service-account. A base64-encoded string.
publicKeyData	string (bytes format) The public key data. Only provided in keys.get responses. A base64-encoded string.
validAfterTime	string (Timestamp format) The key can be used after this timestamp. A timestamp in RFC3339 UTC "Zulu" format, accurate to nanoseconds. Example: "2014-10-02T15:01:23.045123456Z".
validBeforeTime	string (Timestamp format) The key can be used before this timestamp. A timestamp in RFC3339 UTC "Zulu" format, accurate to nanoseconds. Example: "2014-10-02T15:01:23.045123456Z".

ServiceAccountPrivateKeyType

Supported private key output formats.

Enums
TYPE_UNSPECIFIED	Unspecified. Equivalent to TYPE_GOOGLE_CREDENTIALS_FILE.
TYPE_PKCS12_FILE	PKCS12 format. The password for the PKCS12 file is notasecret. For more information, see https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7292.
TYPE_GOOGLE_CREDENTIALS_FILE	Google Credentials File format.

ServiceAccountKeyAlgorithm

Supported key algorithms.

Enums
KEY_ALG_UNSPECIFIED	An unspecified key algorithm.
KEY_ALG_RSA_1024	1k RSA Key.
KEY_ALG_RSA_2048	2k RSA Key.

Methods
create	Creates a ServiceAccountKey and returns it.
delete	Deletes a ServiceAccountKey.
get	Gets the ServiceAccountKey by key id.
list	Lists ServiceAccountKeys.