Request Parameters Response Elements Errors Examples See Also

GetSSHPublicKey

Retrieves the specified SSH public key, including metadata about the key.

The SSH public key retrieved by this operation is used only for authenticating the associated IAM user to an CodeCommit repository. For more information about using SSH keys to authenticate to an CodeCommit repository, see Set up CodeCommit for SSH connections in the CodeCommit User Guide.

Request Parameters

For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see Common Parameters.

Encoding

Specifies the public key encoding format to use in the response. To retrieve the public key in ssh-rsa format, use SSH. To retrieve the public key in PEM format, use PEM.

Type: String

Valid Values: SSH | PEM

Required: Yes

SSHPublicKeyId

The unique identifier for the SSH public key.

This parameter allows (through its regex pattern) a string of characters that can consist of any upper or lowercased letter or digit.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 20. Maximum length of 128.

Pattern: [\w]+

Required: Yes

UserName

The name of the IAM user associated with the SSH public key.

This parameter allows (through its regex pattern) a string of characters consisting of upper and lowercase alphanumeric characters with no spaces. You can also include any of the following characters: _+=,.@-

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 64.

Pattern: [\w+=,.@-]+

Required: Yes

Response Elements

The following element is returned by the service.

SSHPublicKey

A structure containing details about the SSH public key.

Type: SSHPublicKey object

Errors

For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.

NoSuchEntity

The request was rejected because it referenced a resource entity that does not exist. The error message describes the resource.

HTTP Status Code: 404

UnrecognizedPublicKeyEncoding

The request was rejected because the public key encoding format is unsupported or unrecognized.

HTTP Status Code: 400

Examples

Example

This example illustrates one usage of GetSSHPublicKey.

Sample Request


https://iam.amazonaws.com/?Action=GetSSHPublicKey
&Encoding=PEM
&SSHPublicKeyId=APKAEIVFHP46CEXAMPLE
&UserName=Jane
&Version=2010-05-08
&AUTHPARAMS

Sample Response


<GetSSHPublicKeyResponse xmlns="https://iam.amazonaws.com/doc/2010-05-08/">
  <GetSSHPublicKeyResult>
    <SSHPublicKey>
      <UploadDate>2015-06-05T20:56:46Z</UploadDate>
      <Fingerprint>7a:1d:ea:9e:b0:80:ac:f8:ec:d8:dc:e6:a7:2c:fc:51</Fingerprint>
      <UserName>Jane</UserName>
      <SSHPublicKeyId>APKAEIVFHP46CEXAMPLE</SSHPublicKeyId>
      <Status>Active</Status>
      <SSHPublicKeyBody>
        -----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----
        MIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEAsu+WpO9hhmqGTctHI1BE
        SJ/pq4GtAt9JJpIsDnjeB+mLbwnVJLFaaYzzoZuPOVhUc7yHMWjBLmfSEgJKfAH3
        n8m8R9D3UFoRC0rtKR2jJwAwFO3Tp9wgnqzvPtLMnG7uBEuD/nHStanrd6bbBv83
        kDSy5jiuc4yEWtTAEtyp8C8BxFTxHuCQ/sX4IbjtJ8M1IKZ3hjcJO5u6ooWCxZzQ
        hXXlPDniK/RZnO+YOaJR5umaAv23HAB7qx5H3A6WpyUyzXy0eTo9eAmUrET+JDXZ
        vqHufiDzO/MOCfb+KV1OJos2AxNtRuIFA1cTq7NF+upTIoV+gK1YJhCvjSuRkIJ/
        cwIDAQAB
        -----END PUBLIC KEY-----
      </SSHPublicKeyBody>
    </SSHPublicKey>
  </GetSSHPublicKeyResult>
  <ResponseMetadata>
    <RequestId>4817ee13-f36d-11e4-97db-33c4eEXAMPLE</RequestId>
  </ResponseMetadata>
</GetSSHPublicKeyResponse>