Delete key pair

Removes a key pair for the principal by sending its public key in the JSON body. On success: 204 No Content, empty body.

DELETE
{{host}}/v1/keypair?principal={{principal}}
VERB:DELETE
BASE URL:{{host}}/v1/keypair
QUERY STRING:?principal={{principal}}

Query parameters#

  • principalstring
    Required

    Principal whose cryptographic key pairs are managed.

    example: root

Headers#

Send these headers with the request. Names are case-insensitive per HTTP rules.
  • x-api-keyRequired

    Your BigState API key.

    *provide api key here*
  • Content-TypeRequired

    MIME type of the request body.

    application/json
  • AcceptRequired

    MIME types the client can understand in the response.

    application/json

See authentication headers here.

Request body#

  • Delete by public key
    {

      "publicKey": "{{publicKey}}"

    }

Request parameters#

  • publicKeystring
    Required

    Public key (hex) identifying the key pair to remove.

Response parameters#

  • 204Response body · no content

    The key pair was deleted.

  • 401

    Unauthorized.

  • 403

    Access denied. The caller does not have sufficient rights to perform this operation.

  • 404

    No key pair exists for the given public key under this principal.

  • 400Response body · object

    Bad request.

    {

      "error": 6,

      "desc": "Invalid request"

    }
    • errornumber

      Numeric error code. See the error codes reference for the full list.

    • descstring

      Human-readable description of the error.

Examples#

Delete key pair

Remove a key pair by public key for the given principal. Success: 204, no body.

curl https://api.bigstate.dev/v1/keypair?principal=root \

  --request DELETE \

  --header 'x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY' \

  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \

  --header 'Accept: application/json' \

  --data '{

  "publicKey": "{{publicKey}}"

}'
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