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update_access_key

Operation

update_access_key async

update_access_key(input: UpdateAccessKeyInput, plugins: list[Plugin] | None = None) -> UpdateAccessKeyOutput

Changes the status of the specified access key from Active to Inactive, or vice versa. This operation can be used to disable a user's key as part of a key rotation workflow.

If the UserName is not specified, the user name is determined implicitly based on the Amazon Web Services access key ID used to sign the request. If a temporary access key is used, then UserName is required. If a long-term key is assigned to the user, then UserName is not required. This operation works for access keys under the Amazon Web Services account. Consequently, you can use this operation to manage Amazon Web Services account root user credentials even if the Amazon Web Services account has no associated users.

For information about rotating keys, see Managing keys and certificates in the IAM User Guide.

Parameters:

Name Type Description Default
input UpdateAccessKeyInput

An instance of UpdateAccessKeyInput.

required
plugins list[Plugin] | None

A list of callables that modify the configuration dynamically. Changes made by these plugins only apply for the duration of the operation execution and will not affect any other operation invocations.

None

Returns:

Type Description
UpdateAccessKeyOutput

An instance of UpdateAccessKeyOutput.

Input

UpdateAccessKeyInput dataclass

Bases: _SerdeShape

Dataclass for UpdateAccessKeyInput structure.

Attributes

access_key_id class-attribute instance-attribute
access_key_id: str | None = ...

The access key ID of the secret access key you want to update.

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

status class-attribute instance-attribute
status: str | None = ...

The status you want to assign to the secret access key. Active means that the key can be used for programmatic calls to Amazon Web Services, while Inactive means that the key cannot be used.

user_name class-attribute instance-attribute
user_name: str | None = ...

The name of the user whose key you want to update.

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: _+=,.@-

Output

UpdateAccessKeyOutput dataclass

Bases: _SerdeShape

Dataclass for UpdateAccessKeyOutput structure.

Attributes

response_metadata class-attribute instance-attribute
response_metadata: ResponseMetadata = ...

Metadata about the response that produced this output. Use this to recover the request identifiers a service's support team needs in order to investigate a call. Members of the metadata are individually optional.