honeycomb Key Management API
Manage API keys for a team, including listing, creating, updating, and deleting keys.
honeycomb Key Management API is one of 22 APIs that Honeycomb publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
This API exposes 3 JSON Schema definitions.
Tagged areas include Key Management. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and 3 JSON Schemas.
This API exposes 10 operations across 4 paths, and defines 24 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 1.0.
Requests are made against 2 base URLs: https://api.honeycomb.io, https://api.eu1.honeycomb.io.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Authentication & Security 5
honeycomb Key Management API declares
5 security schemes
for authenticating requests.
An API key is passed in the header as X-Honeycomb-Team (ApiKeyAuth).
An API key is passed in the header as X-Honeycomb-Team (configuration_key).
An API key is passed in the header as X-Honeycomb-Team (ingest_key).
An API key is passed in the header as X-Amz-Firehose-Access-Key (firehose_access_key).
It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (HONEYCOMB_KEY_ID:HONEYCOMB_KEY_SECRET) (bearerAuth).
ApiKeyAuth— Honeycomb Configuration API key. Must have appropriate permissions for the endpoint being called.configuration_key— Authenticate using a Honeycomb Configuration Key. Pass the Token in the X-Honeycomb-Team header: http X-Honeycomb-Team: 1234567890123456789012 If you created y…ingest_key— Authenticate using a Honeycomb Ingest Key. Pass the Ingest Key in the X-Honeycomb-Team header: http X-Honeycomb-Team: hc[x]ik1234567890123456789012345612345678…firehose_access_key— We recommend using a Honeycomb Ingest Key to authenticate, though a Configuration Key will work. To learn more about authenticating requests, visit [API Authen…bearerAuth— Authenticate using a Honeycomb Management Key. Pass the Management Key as a Bearer token in the Authorization header: http Authorization: Bearer hcxmk123456789…
Paths & Operations 10
Across 4 paths, the API surfaces 10 operations — 2 DELETE, 4 GET, 1 PATCH, 2 POST, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
Manage API keys for a team, including listing, creating, updating, and deleting keys.
Schemas 24
The contract defines 24 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are ApiKey (8 properties), DetailedError (6 properties), ApiKeyObject (5 properties), ConfigurationKeyAttributes (5 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.
Specification
The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.
Source
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