Query API key information API
editQuery API key information API
editRetrieves information for API keys with Query DSL in a paginated fashion.
Prerequisites
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To use this API, you must have at least the
manage_own_api_key
or theread_security
cluster privileges. -
If you have only the
manage_own_api_key
privilege, this API returns only the API keys that you own. If you have theread_security
,manage_api_key
or greater privileges (includingmanage_security
), this API returns all API keys regardless of ownership.
Description
editUse this API to retrieve the API keys created with the create API key API in a paginated manner. You can optionally filter the results with a query.
Path parameters
edit-
with_limited_by
-
(Optional, Boolean) A boolean flag to return the snapshot of the owner user’s role descriptors
associated with the API key. An API key’s actual permission is the intersection of
its assigned role descriptors and the owner user’s role descriptors
(effectively limited by it). An API key cannot retrieve any API key’s limited-by role descriptors
(including itself) unless it has
manage_api_key
or higher privileges.
Request body
editYou can specify the following parameters in the request body:
-
query
-
(Optional, string) A query to filter which API keys to return. The query supports a subset of query types, including
match_all
,bool
,term
,terms
,ids
,prefix
,wildcard
,exists
, andrange
.You can query the following public values associated with an API key.
Valid values for
query
-
id
-
ID of the API key. Note
id
must be queried with theids
query. -
name
- Name of the API key.
-
creation
- Creation time of the API key in milliseconds.
-
expiration
- Expiration time of the API key in milliseconds.
-
invalidated
-
Indicates whether the API key is invalidated. If
true
, the key is invalidated. Defaults tofalse
. -
username
- Username of the API key owner.
-
realm
- Realm name of the API key owner.
-
metadata
-
Metadata field associated with the API key, such as
metadata.my_field
. Because metadata is stored as a flattened field type, all fields act likekeyword
fields when querying and sorting.
You cannot query the role descriptors of an API key.
-
-
from
-
(Optional, integer) Starting document offset. Needs to be non-negative and defaults to
0
.By default, you cannot page through more than 10,000 hits using the
from
andsize
parameters. To page through more hits, use thesearch_after
parameter. -
size
-
(Optional, integer) The number of hits to return. Must not be negative and defaults to
10
.By default, you cannot page through more than 10,000 hits using the
from
andsize
parameters. To page through more hits, use thesearch_after
parameter. -
sort
-
(Optional, object) Sort definition. Other than
id
, all public fields of an API key are eligible for sorting. In addition, sort can also be applied to the_doc
field to sort by index order. -
search_after
- (Optional, array) Search after definition.
Response body
editThis API returns the following top level fields:
-
total
- The total number of API keys found.
-
count
- The number of API keys returned in the response.
-
api_keys
- A list of API key information.
Examples
editThe following request lists all API keys, assuming you have the
manage_api_key
privilege:
GET /_security/_query/api_key
A successful call returns a JSON structure that contains the information retrieved from one or more API keys:
{ "total": 3, "count": 3, "api_keys": [ { "id": "nkvrGXsB8w290t56q3Rg", "name": "my-api-key-1", "creation": 1628227480421, "expiration": 1629091480421, "invalidated": false, "username": "elastic", "realm": "reserved", "metadata": { "letter": "a" }, "role_descriptors": { "role-a": { "cluster": [ "monitor" ], "indices": [ { "names": [ "index-a" ], "privileges": [ "read" ], "allow_restricted_indices": false } ], "applications": [ ], "run_as": [ ], "metadata": { }, "transient_metadata": { "enabled": true } } } }, { "id": "oEvrGXsB8w290t5683TI", "name": "my-api-key-2", "creation": 1628227498953, "expiration": 1628313898953, "invalidated": false, "username": "elastic", "realm": "reserved", "metadata": { "letter": "b" }, "role_descriptors": { } } ] }
The list of API keys that were retrieved for this request |
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The role descriptors that are assigned to this API key when it was created or last updated. Note the API key’s effective permissions are an intersection of its assigned privileges and the point-in-time snapshot of the owner user’s permissions. |
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An empty role descriptors means the API key inherits the owner user’s permissions. |
If you create an API key with the following details:
POST /_security/api_key { "name": "application-key-1", "metadata": { "application": "my-application"} }
A successful call returns a JSON structure that provides API key information. For example:
{ "id": "VuaCfGcBCdbkQm-e5aOx", "name": "application-key-1", "api_key": "ui2lp2axTNmsyakw9tvNnw", "encoded": "VnVhQ2ZHY0JDZGJrUW0tZTVhT3g6dWkybHAyYXhUTm1zeWFrdzl0dk5udw==" }
Use the information from the response to retrieve the API key by ID:
GET /_security/_query/api_key?with_limited_by=true { "query": { "ids": { "values": [ "VuaCfGcBCdbkQm-e5aOx" ] } } }
A successful call returns a JSON structure for API key information including its limited-by role descriptors:
{ "api_keys": [ { "id": "VuaCfGcBCdbkQm-e5aOx", "name": "application-key-1", "creation": 1548550550158, "expiration": 1548551550158, "invalidated": false, "username": "myuser", "realm": "native1", "metadata": { "application": "my-application" }, "role_descriptors": { }, "limited_by": [ { "role-power-user": { "cluster": [ "monitor" ], "indices": [ { "names": [ "*" ], "privileges": [ "read" ], "allow_restricted_indices": false } ], "applications": [ ], "run_as": [ ], "metadata": { }, "transient_metadata": { "enabled": true } } } ] } ] }
The owner user’s permissions associated with the API key. It is a point-in-time snapshot captured at creation and subsequent updates. An API key’s effective permissions are an intersection of its assigned privileges and the owner user’s permissions. |
You can also retrieve the API key by name:
GET /_security/_query/api_key { "query": { "term": { "name": { "value": "application-key-1" } } } }
Use a bool
query to issue complex logical conditions and use
from
, size
, sort
to help paginate the result:
GET /_security/_query/api_key { "query": { "bool": { "must": [ { "prefix": { "name": "app1-key-" } }, { "term": { "invalidated": "false" } } ], "must_not": [ { "term": { "name": "app1-key-01" } } ], "filter": [ { "wildcard": { "username": "org-*-user" } }, { "term": { "metadata.environment": "production" } } ] } }, "from": 20, "size": 10, "sort": [ { "creation": { "order": "desc", "format": "date_time" } }, "name" ] }
The API key name must begin with |
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The API key must still be valid |
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The API key name must not be |
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The API key must be owned by a username of the wildcard pattern |
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The API key must have the metadata field |
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The offset to begin the search result is the 20th (zero-based index) API key |
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The page size of the response is 10 API keys |
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The result is first sorted by |
The response contains a list of matched API keys along with their sort values:
{ "total": 100, "count": 10, "api_keys": [ { "id": "CLXgVnsBOGkf8IyjcXU7", "name": "app1-key-79", "creation": 1629250154811, "invalidated": false, "username": "org-admin-user", "realm": "native1", "metadata": { "environment": "production" }, "role_descriptors": { }, "_sort": [ "2021-08-18T01:29:14.811Z", "app1-key-79" ] }, { "id": "BrXgVnsBOGkf8IyjbXVB", "name": "app1-key-78", "creation": 1629250153794, "invalidated": false, "username": "org-admin-user", "realm": "native1", "metadata": { "environment": "production" }, "role_descriptors": { }, "_sort": [ "2021-08-18T01:29:13.794Z", "app1-key-78" ] }, ... ] }
The first sort value is creation time, which is displayed in |
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The second sort value is the API key name |
You can use the following request to retrieve all valid API keys, i.e. not invalidated and not expired: