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atlas organizations apiKeys describe

Return the details for the specified API key for your organization.

Public Preview: The atlas api sub-command, automatically generated from the MongoDB Atlas Admin API, offers full coverage of the Admin API and is currently in Public Preview (please provide feedback at https://feedback.mongodb.com/forums/930808-atlas-cli). Admin API capabilities have their own release lifecycle, which you can check via the provided API endpoint documentation link.

To view possible values for the ID argument, run atlas organizations apiKeys list.

To use this command, you must authenticate with a user account or an API key with the Organization Member role.

Command Syntax
atlas organizations apiKeys describe <ID> [options]
Name
Type
Required
Description

ID

string

true

Unique 24-digit string that identifies your API key.

Name
Type
Required
Description

-h, --help

false

help for describe

--orgId

string

false

Organization ID to use. This option overrides the settings in the configuration file or environment variable.

-o, --output

string

false

Output format. Valid values are json, json-path, go-template, or go-template-file. To see the full output, use the -o json option.

Name
Type
Required
Description

-P, --profile

string

false

If the command succeeds, the CLI returns output similar to the following sample. Values in brackets represent your values.

ID DESCRIPTION PUBLIC KEY PRIVATE KEY
<Id> <Desc> <PublicKey> <PrivateKey>
# Return the JSON-formatted details for the organization API key with the ID 5f24084d8dbffa3ad3f21234 for the organization with the ID 5a1b39eec902201990f12345:
atlas organizations apiKeys describe 5f24084d8dbffa3ad3f21234 --orgId 5a1b39eec902201990f12345 -output json

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