Create Custom Key

Available in Classic and VPC

Create a randomized raw key that can be utilized as an encryption key. It can only be requested as an AES256 or RSA2048 key type.

Request

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

Request headers

For information about the headers common to all Key Management Service APIs, see Key Management Service request headers.

Request path parameters

You can use the following path parameters with your request:

Request body

You can include the following data in the body of your request:

Request example

The request example is as follows:

• API Gateway request signature v1 request

curl --location --request POST 'https://kms.apigw.ntruss.com/keys/v1/a1b2c3d4e5f6g7h8i9j0k1l2m3n4o5p6q7r8s9t0u1v2w3x4y5z6/createCustomKey' \
--header 'x-ncp-apigw-timestamp: {Timestamp}' \
--header 'x-ncp-apigw-api-key: {API Gateway API Key}' \
--header 'x-ncp-iam-access-key: {Sub Account Access Key}' \
--header 'x-ncp-apigw-signature-v1: {API Gateway Signature}' \
--data '{
  "requestPlainKey": true,
  "bits": 256,
  "context": "{BASE64_CONTEXT}"
}'

• API Gateway request signature v2 request

curl --location --request POST 'https://kms.apigw.ntruss.com/keys/v2/a1b2c3d4e5f6g7h8i9j0k1l2m3n4o5p6q7r8s9t0u1v2w3x4y5z6/createCustomKey' \
--header 'x-ncp-apigw-timestamp: {Timestamp}' \
--header 'x-ncp-iam-access-key: {Sub Account Access Key}' \
--header 'x-ncp-apigw-signature-v2: {API Gateway Signature}' \
--data '{
  "requestPlainKey": true,
  "bits": 256,
  "context": "{BASE64_CONTEXT}"
}'

Response

This section describes the response format.

Response body

The response body includes the following data:

Response status codes

For response status codes common to all Key Management Service APIs, see Key Management Service response status codes.

Response example

The response example is as follows:

{
    "code": "SUCCESS",
    "msg": "",
    "data": {
        "ciphertext": "{CIPHERTEXT}",
        "key_version": 3,
        "plaintext": "{BASE64_PLAINTEXT}"
    }
}