{"revision":"0ed62d2c742f8e20","language":"en","entry":{"id":"key-info","kind":"endpoint","group":"keys","title":"Find the owner of a key","method":"GET","path":"/v1/keys/{key}","paths":[],"summary":"Look up a public key, the card holding it and its validity period.","response":"identity, device, role, state, addedIn, revokedIn, validFrom and validUntil. 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A composite key includes its full key and Ed25519 half.","fields":[{"name":"key","type":"string","description":"Full public key."},{"name":"alg","type":"string","description":"Signature algorithm identifier."},{"name":"ed25519","type":"string","description":"Ed25519 key or composite half, in hex."},{"name":"identity","type":"IdentityRef","description":"Card that owns the key."},{"name":"device","type":"string","description":"Device label."},{"name":"role","type":"string","description":"Signing role."},{"name":"state","type":"string","description":"Current key state."},{"name":"addedIn","type":"integer","description":"Version that added the key."},{"name":"revokedIn","type":"integer | null","description":"Version that revoked it."},{"name":"validFrom","type":"string","description":"Publication time of addition."},{"name":"validUntil","type":"string | null","description":"Publication time of revocation."}]}],"responseObjects":[{"id":"key-ref","title":"Identity reference","fields":[{"name":"n","type":"integer","description":"Permanent card number."},{"name":"url","type":"string","description":"Permanent card URL."},{"name":"name","type":"string","description":"Current display name."},{"name":"nameHidden","type":"boolean","description":"Whether staff hide the name."}],"typeName":"IdentityRef"}],"errorFormat":"json","errorDetails":[{"status":400,"code":"invalid_parameter","description":"A path, query or body field is missing, malformed or outside its accepted range.","action":"Correct the field named in `error.message` before sending again.","scope":"endpoint"},{"status":401,"code":"invalid_api_key","description":"The bearer credential is malformed, unknown, expired or revoked.","action":"Use an active key. To use anonymous public access, remove `Authorization` entirely. Invalid credentials never fall back automatically.","scope":"optional-api-key"},{"status":403,"code":"api_key_scope","description":"The API key lacks read or verify scope, or the endpoint does not accept bearer keys.","action":"Use the correct scope. Identity writes and key management still require a device signature.","scope":"optional-api-key"},{"status":403,"code":"api_key_suspended","description":"This API key is suspended.","action":"Ask staff to restore it; another key cannot lift an account suspension.","scope":"optional-api-key"},{"status":403,"code":"developer_suspended","description":"The owner’s API account is suspended or the owner card is unavailable.","action":"Check the owner account and any staff restriction. Creating another key does not bypass suspension.","scope":"optional-api-key"},{"status":404,"code":"not_found","description":"The requested card, key, alias, code or resource was not found.","action":"Check the identifier. Temporary codes and previews may already have expired or been used.","scope":"endpoint"},{"status":410,"code":"erased","description":"The card existed and was erased or removed. The response also carries its public erasure receipt.","action":"Stop using this card as current authority. Retain only the public receipt if needed.","scope":"endpoint"},{"status":429,"code":"rate_limited","description":"An anonymous, signed-request or API-key allowance was exceeded.","action":"Wait at least `Retry-After` seconds. Share a queue and retry budget across your workers.","scope":"common"},{"status":500,"code":"internal_error","description":"An unexpected server error occurred. Internal details are not returned.","action":"Retry reads with bounded backoff. Check write results before sending a new signed operation.","scope":"common"},{"status":503,"code":"busy","description":"The application has reached a temporary concurrency or database limit.","action":"Wait `Retry-After` seconds and retry with bounded backoff.","scope":"common"}],"responseHeaders":[{"name":"Content-Type","value":"application/json","description":"Use the declared media type before choosing a parser."},{"name":"Date","value":"HTTP date","description":"Server time. Compare it with your clock when signing requests."},{"name":"Retry-After","value":"integer seconds, on rate_limited or busy","description":"Wait at least this long before retrying. Other 429/503 codes do not necessarily include it."}],"documentationUrl":"https://veil.rip/docs/key-info","supportsBrowserFetch":true,"browserMode":"fetch"}}