Update an IAM access key using an Amazon SDK - Amazon Identity and Access Management
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Update an IAM access key using an Amazon SDK

The following code examples show how to update an IAM access key.

Warning

To avoid security risks, don't use IAM users for authentication when developing purpose-built software or working with real data. Instead, use federation with an identity provider such as Amazon IAM Identity Center (successor to Amazon Single Sign-On).

C++
SDK for C++
Note

There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the Amazon Code Examples Repository.

bool AwsDoc::IAM::updateAccessKey(const Aws::String &userName, const Aws::String &accessKeyID, Aws::IAM::Model::StatusType status, const Aws::Client::ClientConfiguration &clientConfig) { Aws::IAM::IAMClient iam(clientConfig); Aws::IAM::Model::UpdateAccessKeyRequest request; request.SetUserName(userName); request.SetAccessKeyId(accessKeyID); request.SetStatus(status); auto outcome = iam.UpdateAccessKey(request); if (outcome.IsSuccess()) { std::cout << "Successfully updated status of access key " << accessKeyID << " for user " << userName << std::endl; } else { std::cerr << "Error updated status of access key " << accessKeyID << " for user " << userName << ": " << outcome.GetError().GetMessage() << std::endl; } return outcome.IsSuccess(); }
  • For API details, see UpdateAccessKey in Amazon SDK for C++ API Reference.

Java
SDK for Java 2.x
Note

There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the Amazon Code Examples Repository.

public static void updateKey(IamClient iam, String username, String accessId, String status ) { try { if (status.toLowerCase().equalsIgnoreCase("active")) { statusType = StatusType.ACTIVE; } else if (status.toLowerCase().equalsIgnoreCase("inactive")) { statusType = StatusType.INACTIVE; } else { statusType = StatusType.UNKNOWN_TO_SDK_VERSION; } UpdateAccessKeyRequest request = UpdateAccessKeyRequest.builder() .accessKeyId(accessId) .userName(username) .status(statusType) .build(); iam.updateAccessKey(request); System.out.printf("Successfully updated the status of access key %s to" + "status %s for user %s", accessId, status, username); } catch (IamException e) { System.err.println(e.awsErrorDetails().errorMessage()); System.exit(1); } }
  • For API details, see UpdateAccessKey in Amazon SDK for Java 2.x API Reference.

JavaScript
SDK for JavaScript (v3)
Note

There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the Amazon Code Examples Repository.

Create the client.

import { IAMClient } from "@aws-sdk/client-iam"; // Set the AWS Region. const REGION = "REGION"; // For example, "us-east-1". // Create an IAM service client object. const iamClient = new IAMClient({ region: REGION }); export { iamClient };

Update the access key.

// Import required AWS SDK clients and commands for Node.js. import { iamClient } from "./libs/iamClient.js"; import { UpdateAccessKeyCommand } from "@aws-sdk/client-iam"; // Set the parameters. export const params = { AccessKeyId: "ACCESS_KEY_ID", //ACCESS_KEY_ID Status: "Active", UserName: "USER_NAME", //USER_NAME }; export const run = async () => { try { const data = await iamClient.send(new UpdateAccessKeyCommand(params)); console.log("Success", data); return data; } catch (err) { console.log("Error", err); } }; run();
SDK for JavaScript (v2)
Note

There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the Amazon Code Examples Repository.

// Load the AWS SDK for Node.js var AWS = require('aws-sdk'); // Set the region AWS.config.update({region: 'REGION'}); // Create the IAM service object var iam = new AWS.IAM({apiVersion: '2010-05-08'}); var params = { AccessKeyId: 'ACCESS_KEY_ID', Status: 'Active', UserName: 'USER_NAME' }; iam.updateAccessKey(params, function(err, data) { if (err) { console.log("Error", err); } else { console.log("Success", data); } });
Python
SDK for Python (Boto3)
Note

There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the Amazon Code Examples Repository.

def update_key(user_name, key_id, activate): """ Updates the status of a key. :param user_name: The user that owns the key. :param key_id: The ID of the key to update. :param activate: When True, the key is activated. Otherwise, the key is deactivated. """ try: key = iam.User(user_name).AccessKey(key_id) if activate: key.activate() else: key.deactivate() logger.info("%s key %s.", 'Activated' if activate else 'Deactivated', key_id) except ClientError: logger.exception( "Couldn't %s key %s.", 'Activate' if activate else 'Deactivate', key_id) raise
  • For API details, see UpdateAccessKey in Amazon SDK for Python (Boto3) API Reference.

For a complete list of Amazon SDK developer guides and code examples, see Using IAM with an Amazon SDK. This topic also includes information about getting started and details about previous SDK versions.