# CreatePublicKey
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Uploads a public key to CloudFront that you can use with [signed URLs and signed cookies](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudFront/latest/DeveloperGuide/PrivateContent.html), or with [field-level encryption](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudFront/latest/DeveloperGuide/field-level-encryption.html).

## Request Syntax
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```
POST /2020-05-31/public-key HTTP/1.1
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<PublicKeyConfig xmlns="http://cloudfront.amazonaws.com/doc/2020-05-31/">
   <CallerReference>string</CallerReference>
   <Comment>string</Comment>
   <EncodedKey>string</EncodedKey>
   <Name>string</Name>
</PublicKeyConfig>
```

## URI Request Parameters
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The request does not use any URI parameters.

## Request Body
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The request accepts the following data in XML format.

 ** [PublicKeyConfig](#API_CreatePublicKey_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="cloudfront-CreatePublicKey-request-PublicKeyConfig"></a>
Root level tag for the PublicKeyConfig parameters.  
Required: Yes

 ** [CallerReference](#API_CreatePublicKey_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="cloudfront-CreatePublicKey-request-CallerReference"></a>
A string included in the request to help make sure that the request can't be replayed.  
Type: String  
Required: Yes

 ** [Comment](#API_CreatePublicKey_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="cloudfront-CreatePublicKey-request-Comment"></a>
A comment to describe the public key. The comment cannot be longer than 128 characters.  
Type: String  
Required: No

 ** [EncodedKey](#API_CreatePublicKey_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="cloudfront-CreatePublicKey-request-EncodedKey"></a>
The public key that you can use with [signed URLs and signed cookies](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudFront/latest/DeveloperGuide/PrivateContent.html), or with [field-level encryption](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudFront/latest/DeveloperGuide/field-level-encryption.html).  
Type: String  
Required: Yes

 ** [Name](#API_CreatePublicKey_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="cloudfront-CreatePublicKey-request-Name"></a>
A name to help identify the public key.  
Type: String  
Required: Yes

## Response Syntax
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```
HTTP/1.1 201
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<PublicKey>
   <CreatedTime>timestamp</CreatedTime>
   <Id>string</Id>
   <PublicKeyConfig>
      <CallerReference>string</CallerReference>
      <Comment>string</Comment>
      <EncodedKey>string</EncodedKey>
      <Name>string</Name>
   </PublicKeyConfig>
</PublicKey>
```

## Response Elements
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If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 201 response.

The following data is returned in XML format by the service.

 ** [PublicKey](#API_CreatePublicKey_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="cloudfront-CreatePublicKey-response-PublicKey"></a>
Root level tag for the PublicKey parameters.  
Required: Yes

 ** [CreatedTime](#API_CreatePublicKey_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="cloudfront-CreatePublicKey-response-CreatedTime"></a>
The date and time when the public key was uploaded.  
Type: Timestamp

 ** [Id](#API_CreatePublicKey_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="cloudfront-CreatePublicKey-response-Id"></a>
The identifier of the public key.  
Type: String

 ** [PublicKeyConfig](#API_CreatePublicKey_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="cloudfront-CreatePublicKey-response-PublicKeyConfig"></a>
Configuration information about a public key that you can use with [signed URLs and signed cookies](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudFront/latest/DeveloperGuide/PrivateContent.html), or with [field-level encryption](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudFront/latest/DeveloperGuide/field-level-encryption.html).  
Type: [PublicKeyConfig](API_PublicKeyConfig.md) object

## Errors
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For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see [Common Error Types](CommonErrors.md).

 ** InvalidArgument **   
An argument is invalid.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** PublicKeyAlreadyExists **   
The specified public key already exists.  
HTTP Status Code: 409

 ** TooManyPublicKeys **   
The maximum number of public keys for field-level encryption have been created. To create a new public key, delete one of the existing keys.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS Command Line Interface V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/cli2/cloudfront-2020-05-31/CreatePublicKey) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/cloudfront-2020-05-31/CreatePublicKey) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/cloudfront-2020-05-31/CreatePublicKey) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/cloudfront-2020-05-31/CreatePublicKey) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/cloudfront-2020-05-31/CreatePublicKey) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/cloudfront-2020-05-31/CreatePublicKey) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/cloudfront-2020-05-31/CreatePublicKey) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/cloudfront-2020-05-31/CreatePublicKey) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/cloudfront-2020-05-31/CreatePublicKey) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/cloudfront-2020-05-31/CreatePublicKey)