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REST API: Key Resource


You access the Twilio API using API keys that represent the required credentials. These keys:

  • Authenticate to the REST API
  • Create and revoke Access Tokens
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See this document for more information about your request to Twilio's REST API, or read our article on Access Tokens to learn more.

API Keys can be provisioned and revoked through the REST API or the Twilio Console(link takes you to an external page). This provides a powerful and flexible primitive for managing access to the Twilio API. There are two types of API Keys: Standard and Main.

Standard API Keys give you access to all the functionality in Twilio's API, except for managing API Keys, Account Configuration, and Subaccounts.

Main API Keys have the same access as Standard Keys, and can also manage API Keys, Account Configuration, and Subaccounts. Main API Keys give you the same level of access as if you were using account API Credentials.

Since API Keys can be independently revoked, you have complete control of the lifecycle of your API credentials.

For example, you might issue separate API Keys to different developers or different subsystems within your application. If a key is compromised or no longer used, you can easily delete it to prevent unauthorized access!

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Warning

If your use case requires API Keys to access the /Accounts or /Keys endpoint, a Main Key needs to be used. This can be created in the Console(link takes you to an external page).


Key Properties

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Resource properties
sidtype: SID<SK>Not PII

The unique string that that we created to identify the Key resource.


friendly_nametype: stringPII MTL: 30 days

The string that you assigned to describe the resource.


date_createdtype: string<DATE TIME RFC 2822>Not PII

The date and time in GMT that the resource was created specified in RFC 2822(link takes you to an external page) format.


date_updatedtype: string<DATE TIME RFC 2822>Not PII

The date and time in GMT that the resource was last updated specified in RFC 2822(link takes you to an external page) format.


GET https://api.twilio.com/2010-04-01/Accounts/{AccountSid}/Keys/{Sid}.json

Returns a representation of the API Key, including the properties below.

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Warning

For security reasons, the Secret field is ONLY returned when the API Key is first created - never when fetching the resource. Your application should store the API Key's Sid and Secret in a secure location to authenticate to the API and generate Access Tokens in the future.

Parameters

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URI parameters
AccountSidtype: SID<AC>Not PII
Path Parameter

The SID of the Account(link takes you to an external page) that created the Key resource to fetch.


Sidtype: SID<SK>Not PII
Path Parameter

The Twilio-provided string that uniquely identifies the Key resource to fetch.

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twilio-cli
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// Download the helper library from https://www.twilio.com/docs/node/install
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// Find your Account SID and Auth Token at twilio.com/console
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// and set the environment variables. See http://twil.io/secure
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const accountSid = process.env.TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID;
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const authToken = process.env.TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN;
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const client = require('twilio')(accountSid, authToken);
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client.keys('SKXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX')
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.fetch()
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.then(key => console.log(key.friendlyName));

Output

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{
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"sid": "SKXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
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"friendly_name": "foo",
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"date_created": "Mon, 13 Jun 2016 22:50:08 +0000",
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"date_updated": "Mon, 13 Jun 2016 22:50:08 +0000"
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}

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// Download the helper library from https://www.twilio.com/docs/node/install
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// Find your Account SID and Auth Token at twilio.com/console
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// and set the environment variables. See http://twil.io/secure
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const accountSid = process.env.TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID;
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const authToken = process.env.TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN;
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const client = require('twilio')(accountSid, authToken);
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client.keys('SK2a0747eba6abf96b7e3c3ff0b4530f6e')
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.fetch()
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.then(key => console.log(key.friendlyName));

Output

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{
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"sid": "SK2a0747eba6abf96b7e3c3ff0b4530f6e",
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"friendly_name": "foo",
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"date_created": "Mon, 13 Jun 2016 22:50:08 +0000",
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"date_updated": "Mon, 13 Jun 2016 22:50:08 +0000"
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}


GET https://api.twilio.com/2010-04-01/Accounts/{AccountSid}/Keys.json

Returns a list of API Keys in this account, sorted by DateUpdated.

The list includes all API Keys. It also includes paging information.

URI parameters
AccountSidtype: SID<AC>Not PII
Path Parameter

The SID of the Account(link takes you to an external page) that created the Key resources to read.


PageSizetype: integerNot PII
Query Parameter

How many resources to return in each list page. The default is 50, and the maximum is 1000.


Pagetype: integerNot PII
Query Parameter

The page index. This value is simply for client state.


PageTokentype: stringNot PII
Query Parameter

The page token. This is provided by the API.

Retrieve all the API Keys in an account

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twilio-cli
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// Download the helper library from https://www.twilio.com/docs/node/install
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// Find your Account SID and Auth Token at twilio.com/console
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// and set the environment variables. See http://twil.io/secure
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const accountSid = process.env.TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID;
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const authToken = process.env.TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN;
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const client = require('twilio')(accountSid, authToken);
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client.keys.list({limit: 20})
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.then(keys => keys.forEach(k => console.log(k.sid)));

Output

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{
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"keys": [
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{
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"sid": "SKXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
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"friendly_name": "foo",
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"date_created": "Mon, 13 Jun 2016 22:50:08 +0000",
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"date_updated": "Mon, 13 Jun 2016 22:50:08 +0000"
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}
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],
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"first_page_uri": "/2010-04-01/Accounts/ACXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX/Keys.json?PageSize=50&Page=0",
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"end": 0,
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"previous_page_uri": "/2010-04-01/Accounts/ACXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX/Keys.json?PageSize=50&Page=0",
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"uri": "/2010-04-01/Accounts/ACXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX/Keys.json?PageSize=50&Page=0",
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"page_size": 50,
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"start": 0,
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"next_page_uri": "/2010-04-01/Accounts/ACXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX/Keys.json?PageSize=50&Page=50",
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"page": 0
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}


POST https://api.twilio.com/2010-04-01/Accounts/{AccountSid}/Keys/{Sid}.json

Attempts to update the fields of an API Key instance.

If successful, it returns the updated resource representation. The response will be identical to that of the HTTP GET (fetch).

URI parameters
AccountSidtype: SID<AC>Not PII
Path Parameter

The SID of the Account(link takes you to an external page) that created the Key resources to update.


Sidtype: SID<SK>Not PII
Path Parameter

The Twilio-provided string that uniquely identifies the Key resource to update.


Request body parameters
FriendlyNametype: stringPII MTL: 30 days

A descriptive string that you create to describe the resource. It can be up to 64 characters long.

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twilio-cli
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// Download the helper library from https://www.twilio.com/docs/node/install
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// Find your Account SID and Auth Token at twilio.com/console
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// and set the environment variables. See http://twil.io/secure
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const accountSid = process.env.TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID;
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const authToken = process.env.TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN;
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const client = require('twilio')(accountSid, authToken);
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client.keys('SKXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX')
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.update({friendlyName: 'friendly_name'})
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.then(key => console.log(key.friendlyName));

Output

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{
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"sid": "SKXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
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"friendly_name": "friendly_name",
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"date_created": "Mon, 13 Jun 2016 22:50:08 +0000",
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"date_updated": "Mon, 13 Jun 2016 22:50:08 +0000"
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}


DELETE https://api.twilio.com/2010-04-01/Accounts/{AccountSid}/Keys/{Sid}.json

Deletes an API Key. This revokes its authorization to authenticate to the REST API and invalidates all Access Tokens generated using its secret.

If the delete is successful, Twilio will return an HTTP 204 response with no body.

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Warning

You may only delete Keys by authenticating with the account's AccountSid and AuthToken or API Keys that have the main key flag set in the console.

URI parameters
AccountSidtype: SID<AC>Not PII
Path Parameter

The SID of the Account(link takes you to an external page) that created the Key resources to delete.


Sidtype: SID<SK>Not PII
Path Parameter

The Twilio-provided string that uniquely identifies the Key resource to delete.

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twilio-cli
curl

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// Download the helper library from https://www.twilio.com/docs/node/install
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// Find your Account SID and Auth Token at twilio.com/console
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// and set the environment variables. See http://twil.io/secure
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const accountSid = process.env.TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID;
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const authToken = process.env.TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN;
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const client = require('twilio')(accountSid, authToken);
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client.keys('SKXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX').remove();


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