Delete Key

Deletes the key and all wallets using this key. Once deleted, keys (and wallets) are not usable anymore, and won’t count in your overall organisation wallet count.

DELETE /keys/{keyId}

Delete Key

cURL

curl --request DELETE \
  --url https://api.dfns.io/keys/{keyId} \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'X-DFNS-USERACTION: <api-key>'

200

{
  "id": "key-01snl-t56gb-j8tsok0vn802p80i",
  "publicKey": "<string>",
  "custodial": true,
  "dateCreated": "2023-04-14T20:41:28.715Z",
  "masterKey": true,
  "derivedFrom": {
    "keyId": "key-01snl-t56gb-j8tsok0vn802p80i",
    "path": "<string>"
  },
  "name": "<string>",
  "imported": true,
  "exported": true,
  "dateExported": "2023-04-14T20:41:28.715Z",
  "dateDeleted": "2023-04-14T20:41:28.715Z"
}

Authentication

✅ Organization User (CustomerEmployee)
❌ Delegated User (EndUser)
✅ Service Account

Required Permissions

Keys:Delete: Always required.

Authorizations

Authorization · string · header · required

Bearer Token: Used to authenticate API requests. More details how to generate the token: Authentication flows

X-DFNS-USERACTION · string · header · required

User Action Signature: Used to sign the change-inducing API requests. More details how to generate the token: User Action Signing flows

Path Parameters

keyId · string · required

Minimum string length: 1

Response

200 - application/json

Success

id · string · required

Unique identifier for the key.

Required string length: 1 - 64

Pattern: ^key-[a-z0-9]{5}-[a-z0-9]{5}-[a-z0-9]{14,16}$

Example:

"key-01snl-t56gb-j8tsok0vn802p80i"

scheme · enum<string> · required

The cryptographic scheme for the key.

Available options: ECDSA, EdDSA, Schnorr

curve · enum<string> · required

The elliptic curve for the key.

Available options: ed25519, secp256k1, stark

publicKey · string · required

Hex-encoded public key.

status · enum<string> · required

Current status of the key.

Available options: Active, Archived

custodial · boolean · required

Whether the key is custodial (owned by organization) or non-custodial (delegated to end user).

dateCreated · string<date-time> · required

ISO 8601 date (must be UTC). When the key was created.

Example:

"2023-04-14T20:41:28.715Z"

masterKey · boolean

Whether this key can be used as a master key for HD derivation.

derivedFrom · object

Derivation info if this key was derived from a master key.

Show child attributes

name · string

Nickname for the key.

imported · boolean

Whether this key was imported.

exported · boolean

Whether this key has been exported.

dateExported · string<date-time>

ISO 8601 date (must be UTC). When the key was exported.

Example:

"2023-04-14T20:41:28.715Z"

dateDeleted · string<date-time>

ISO 8601 date (must be UTC). When the key was deleted.

Example:

"2023-04-14T20:41:28.715Z"