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        Create temporary credentials


        Article summary

        Available in Classic and VPC

        Create temporary credentials for a sub account using the Secure Token Service.

        Request

        This section describes the request format. The method and URI are as follows:

        MethodURI
        POST/api/v1/credentials

        Request headers

        For information about the headers common to all Secure Token Service APIs, see Secure Token Service request headers.

        Request body

        The following describes the body.

        FieldTypeRequiredDescription
        durationSecIntegerOptionalAccess key validity time (second)
        • 600 - 43200 (default: 3600)
        serialNumberStringOptionalSerial number
        • OTP device NRN | MFA serial number
          • Can be checked from the My Page > Manage account > Security settings menu in the NAVER Cloud Platform portal
        tokenCodeIntegerOptionalOTP verification code

        Request example

        The request example is as follows:

        curl --location --request POST 'https://sts.apigw.ntruss.com/api/v1/credentials' \
        --header 'x-ncp-apigw-timestamp: {Timestamp}' \
        --header 'x-ncp-iam-access-key: {Access Key}' \
        --header 'x-ncp-apigw-signature-v2: {API Gateway Signature}' \
        --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
        --data '{
        	"durationSec": "43200"
        }'
        Shell

        Response

        This section describes the response format.

        Response body

        The response body includes the following data:

        FieldTypeRequiredDescription
        accessKeyString-Access key
        keySecretString-Secret key
        createTimeString-Creation date
        • ISO 8601 format
        expireTimeString-Expiration date
        • ISO 8601 format
        useMfaBoolean-MFA authentication status
        • true | false
          • true: authenticated
          • false: not authenticated

        Response status codes

        For information about the HTTP status codes common to all Secure Token Service APIs, see Secure Token Service response status codes.

        Response example

        The response example is as follows:

        {
            "accessKey": "ncp_iam_***************",
            "keySecret": "ncp_iam_**********************",
            "createTime": "2024-10-10T16:58:28Z",
            "expireTime": "2024-10-10T17:58:28Z",
            "useMfa": false
        }
        JSON

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