Request Key Deletion

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Available in Classic and VPC

Request deletion of a key. Upon request, the key will be changed to the status of Pending deletion, and will be automatically deleted finally after a 72-hour wait.

Request

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

Method URI
POST /keys/{keyTag}/request-deletion

Request headers

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

Request path parameters

You can use the following path parameters with your request:

Field Type Required Description
keyTag String Required Key tag
  • Unique identifier for the key derived from the key name
  • Check through Get key list
  • Use to request encryption or decryption with REST APIs
  • Key tags are not treated as confidential information

Request example

The request example is as follows:

curl --location --request POST 'https://ocapi.ncloud.com/kms/v1/keys/a1b2c3d4e5f6g7h8i9j0k1l2m3n4o5p6q7r8s9t0u1v2w3x4y5z6/request-deletion' \
--header 'x-ncp-apigw-timestamp: {Timestamp}' \
--header 'x-ncp-iam-access-key: {Access Key}' \
--header 'x-ncp-apigw-signature-v2: {API Gateway Signature}' 

Response

This section describes the response format.

Response body

The response body includes the following data:

Field Type Required Description
code String - Success or Failure
data Object - Response result
data.keyTag String - Tag of the key whose deletion was requested
data.status String - Key status
  • REVOKE: Pending deletion
data.statusDate Long - Date and time when the key was requested to be deleted (millisecond)
  • Unix timestamp format

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",
    "data": {
        "keyTag": "a1b2c3d4e5f6g7h8i9j0k1l2m3n4o5p6q7r8s9t0u1v2w3x4y5z6",
        "status": "REVOKE",
        "statusDate": 1733468239421
    }
}