---
title: "Regenerate API key"
slug: "apigateway-apikey-regenerate"
updated: 2026-09-17T09:35:44Z
published: 2026-09-17T09:35:44Z
canonical: "api.ncloud-docs.com/apigateway-apikey-regenerate"
---

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# Regenerate API key

Available in Classic and VPC

Regenerate the primary key or secondary key of an API key.

## Request

The following describes the request format for the endpoint. The request format is as follows:

| Method | URI |
| --- | --- |
| PATCH | /api/v1/api-keys/{api-key-id} |

### Request headers

For information about the headers common to all API Gateway APIs, see [API Gateway request headers](/docs/en/ai-application-service-apigateway#%EC%9A%94%EC%B2%AD%ED%97%A4%EB%8D%94).

### Request path parameters

You can use the following path parameters with your request:

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `api-key-id` | String | Required | API key ID to regenerate the API key from |

### Request syntax

The request syntax is as follows.

```
{
  "keyType" : "keyType"
}
```

### Request body

The following describes the request body.

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `keyType` | String | Required | Type of API key to regenerate - `PRIMARY` \| `SECONDARY` - `PRIMARY`: primary key - `SECONDARY`: secondary key |

### Request example

The following is a sample request.

```
curl -X PATCH 'https://apigateway.apigw.ntruss.com/api/v1//api-keys/{api-key-id}' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'x-ncp-apigw-timestamp: {Timestamp}' \
--header 'x-ncp-iam-access-key: {Access Key}' \
--header 'x-ncp-apigw-signature-v2: {API Gateway Signature}' \
--data '{
  "keyType" : "PRIMARY"
}'
```

## Response

The following describes the response format.

### Response syntax

The response syntax is as follows.

```
{
    "apiKey": {
        "apiKeyId": "apiKeyId",
        "tenantId": "tenantId",
        "apiKeyName": "apiKeyName",
        "apiKeyDescription": "apiKeyDescription",
        "primaryKey": "primaryKey",
        "secondaryKey": "secondaryKey",
        "modifier": "modifier",
        "isEnabled": false,
        "modTime": "2024-05-08T00:21:31Z",
        "domainCode": "domainCode"
    }
}
```

### Response status codes

For information about the HTTP status codes common to all API Gateway APIs, see [API Gateway response status codes](/docs/en/ai-application-service-apigateway#%EC%9D%91%EB%8B%B5%EC%83%81%ED%83%9C%EC%BD%94%EB%93%9C).

### Response example

The following is a sample response.

```
{
    "apiKey": {
        "apiKeyId": "*****bgro1",
        "tenantId": "*****02f55ae4436913a6e2c65bab47c",
        "apiKeyName": "apiKeyName",
        "apiKeyDescription": "apiKeyDescription",
        "primaryKey": "*****f7AOklrKqLQiZfLRUPnXsHHLQi4jhYURYSU",
        "secondaryKey": "*****a2121vr736Q7JlU2L3erP7Kkuryvu2iJRi8",
        "modifier": "d12c9fd0-****-****-****-246e96591a38",
        "isEnabled": false,
        "modTime": "2024-05-08T00:21:31Z",
        "domainCode": "PUB"
    }
}
```