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atlas organizations apiKeys describe

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

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
Name of the profile to use from your configuration file. To learn about profiles for the Atlas CLI, see https://dochub.mongodb.org/core/atlas-cli-save-connection-settings.

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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