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List API keys

GET/v1alpha1/admin/keyskeys.read

Lists deployment keys shared across all nodes, along with the local key configuration of the answering node.

Key credentials are stored only as hashes and cannot be recovered from listings. A lost credential must be replaced.

prefix keeps the keys whose ID starts with it. limit caps the answer, and a listing cut short names the last ID in next; pass it as after to read on. See Listings.

Served by whichever node receives the request.

Query parameters

afterstring
The ID to continue after, as the next field of the previous response gave it. The named key is not included.
limitinteger
Most keys to answer. Without it the whole listing is answered. When more remain, the response carries the last ID in next.
Range
1 to 1000
prefixstring
Keeps only the keys whose ID starts with this text.

Responses

200
The deployment keys and this node's key configuration.
KeyListResponse

Deployment API keys and node key configuration. The keys are shared across all nodes. The remaining fields reflect the local configuration of the node answering the request.

Deployment keys shared across all nodes, ordered by ID.
Example
{
"id": "4ff6b760264c1918",
"description": "the search backend",
"grants": [
{
"permissions": [
"indexes.read",
"search"
],
"indexes": [
"products"
]
}
],
"createdAt": "2026-08-16T12:09:33.198275Z",
"expiresAt": "2027-01-01T00:00:00Z"
}
5 properties
idstring
Key identifier. Server logs record the key ID, never the credential value.
Example
"4ff6b760264c1918"
descriptionstring
A string describing the key.
Example
"the search backend"
grantsGrant[]
Grants assigned to the key, with roles expanded into their constituent permissions.
Example
{
"permissions": [
"indexes.read",
"search"
],
"indexes": [
"products"
]
}
2 properties
permissionsstring[]
Permission names, in sorted order.
indexesstring[]
Index names and prefix patterns in the order specified.
createdAtstring
An ISO 8601 timestamp string defining when the key was created.
Example
"2026-08-16T12:09:33.198275Z"
expiresAtstring
An ISO 8601 timestamp string defining when the key expires. null for a key that does not expire.
Example
"2027-01-01T00:00:00Z"
rootKeyConfiguredboolean
Whether this node has a root key configured with EXOFIND_AUTH_ROOT_KEY. The root key is not stored in key storage and cannot be listed or revoked through the API.
anonymousKeystring
ID of the key used for unauthenticated requests, configured with EXOFIND_AUTH_ANONYMOUS_KEY. null when the node rejects unauthenticated requests. An anonymous key cannot contain any permission other than search.
Example
"fe3747c2761ef89d"
nextstring
The ID to pass as the after parameter to list the keys after these. Present only when a limit cut the listing short.
Example
"4ff6b760264c1918"
400
The limit parameter is out of range.
ErrorResponse

The body of every failed request. Error codes use colon-separated namespaces such as index:field:name_invalid, are stable across API versions, and are never renamed or reused, so clients match on code rather than on message. See Errors.

codestring
Identifies the failure type. For validation failures, this is validation and the individual problems are listed in errors. For all other failures, this matches the code of the single entry in errors.
Example
"validation"
messagestring
Human-readable message for log output. Match on code rather than on message. When a validation failure contains one problem, this is that problem's message. When it contains several, it reads Request contains N errors.
Example
"Request contains 2 errors"
All problems found in the request. A validation failure reports every field with a problem, so a caller can fix them in one pass rather than one request at a time.
Example
{
"code": "index:field:primary_key:multiple_unsupported",
"message": "Field `id` is marked as a primary key and multiple, primary keys can not have multiple values",
"path": "id"
}
4 properties
codestring
The error code identifying this specific problem.
Example
"index:field:primary_key:multiple_unsupported"
messagestring
Human-readable description of this problem.
Example
"Field `id` is marked as a primary key and multiple, primary keys can not have multiple values"
pathstring
Location of the offending value in the request, such as fields.title or documents[1].nonexistent. Names join with ., one element of a list reads [n] counted from zero, and a key of a free-form map such as metadata goes in brackets and double quotes when it holds a dot or a bracket, as metadata["build.sha"]. A field inside an object field carries its own dotted path, so a path here reaches a field the same way a query does. Omitted when the problem applies to the request as a whole. See API conventions.
Example
"id"
argumentsmap of string
The values the message was rendered with, so a client can render a message of its own from the code.
1 property
<key>string
Error codes
request:limit_out_of_range
The `limit` parameter is not a whole number from 1 to 1000.
401
The request carries no credential this node accepts. Absent, malformed, unknown and lapsed keys are all answered alike, so a refusal cannot be used to find out which keys exist. The response carries WWW-Authenticate: Bearer.
ErrorResponse

The body of every failed request. Error codes use colon-separated namespaces such as index:field:name_invalid, are stable across API versions, and are never renamed or reused, so clients match on code rather than on message. See Errors.

codestring
Identifies the failure type. For validation failures, this is validation and the individual problems are listed in errors. For all other failures, this matches the code of the single entry in errors.
Example
"validation"
messagestring
Human-readable message for log output. Match on code rather than on message. When a validation failure contains one problem, this is that problem's message. When it contains several, it reads Request contains N errors.
Example
"Request contains 2 errors"
All problems found in the request. A validation failure reports every field with a problem, so a caller can fix them in one pass rather than one request at a time.
Example
{
"code": "index:field:primary_key:multiple_unsupported",
"message": "Field `id` is marked as a primary key and multiple, primary keys can not have multiple values",
"path": "id"
}
4 properties
codestring
The error code identifying this specific problem.
Example
"index:field:primary_key:multiple_unsupported"
messagestring
Human-readable description of this problem.
Example
"Field `id` is marked as a primary key and multiple, primary keys can not have multiple values"
pathstring
Location of the offending value in the request, such as fields.title or documents[1].nonexistent. Names join with ., one element of a list reads [n] counted from zero, and a key of a free-form map such as metadata goes in brackets and double quotes when it holds a dot or a bracket, as metadata["build.sha"]. A field inside an object field carries its own dotted path, so a path here reaches a field the same way a query does. Omitted when the problem applies to the request as a whole. See API conventions.
Example
"id"
argumentsmap of string
The values the message was rendered with, so a client can render a message of its own from the code.
1 property
<key>string
Error codes
auth:unauthenticated
The request carries no credential this node accepts.
403
The API key does not have the keys.read permission.
ErrorResponse

The body of every failed request. Error codes use colon-separated namespaces such as index:field:name_invalid, are stable across API versions, and are never renamed or reused, so clients match on code rather than on message. See Errors.

codestring
Identifies the failure type. For validation failures, this is validation and the individual problems are listed in errors. For all other failures, this matches the code of the single entry in errors.
Example
"validation"
messagestring
Human-readable message for log output. Match on code rather than on message. When a validation failure contains one problem, this is that problem's message. When it contains several, it reads Request contains N errors.
Example
"Request contains 2 errors"
All problems found in the request. A validation failure reports every field with a problem, so a caller can fix them in one pass rather than one request at a time.
Example
{
"code": "index:field:primary_key:multiple_unsupported",
"message": "Field `id` is marked as a primary key and multiple, primary keys can not have multiple values",
"path": "id"
}
4 properties
codestring
The error code identifying this specific problem.
Example
"index:field:primary_key:multiple_unsupported"
messagestring
Human-readable description of this problem.
Example
"Field `id` is marked as a primary key and multiple, primary keys can not have multiple values"
pathstring
Location of the offending value in the request, such as fields.title or documents[1].nonexistent. Names join with ., one element of a list reads [n] counted from zero, and a key of a free-form map such as metadata goes in brackets and double quotes when it holds a dot or a bracket, as metadata["build.sha"]. A field inside an object field carries its own dotted path, so a path here reaches a field the same way a query does. Omitted when the problem applies to the request as a whole. See API conventions.
Example
"id"
argumentsmap of string
The values the message was rendered with, so a client can render a message of its own from the code.
1 property
<key>string
Error codes
auth:forbidden
The key is accepted but does not hold the `keys.read` permission.
409
Key storage is unavailable on this node, or could not be reached.
ErrorResponse

The body of every failed request. Error codes use colon-separated namespaces such as index:field:name_invalid, are stable across API versions, and are never renamed or reused, so clients match on code rather than on message. See Errors.

codestring
Identifies the failure type. For validation failures, this is validation and the individual problems are listed in errors. For all other failures, this matches the code of the single entry in errors.
Example
"validation"
messagestring
Human-readable message for log output. Match on code rather than on message. When a validation failure contains one problem, this is that problem's message. When it contains several, it reads Request contains N errors.
Example
"Request contains 2 errors"
All problems found in the request. A validation failure reports every field with a problem, so a caller can fix them in one pass rather than one request at a time.
Example
{
"code": "index:field:primary_key:multiple_unsupported",
"message": "Field `id` is marked as a primary key and multiple, primary keys can not have multiple values",
"path": "id"
}
4 properties
codestring
The error code identifying this specific problem.
Example
"index:field:primary_key:multiple_unsupported"
messagestring
Human-readable description of this problem.
Example
"Field `id` is marked as a primary key and multiple, primary keys can not have multiple values"
pathstring
Location of the offending value in the request, such as fields.title or documents[1].nonexistent. Names join with ., one element of a list reads [n] counted from zero, and a key of a free-form map such as metadata goes in brackets and double quotes when it holds a dot or a bracket, as metadata["build.sha"]. A field inside an object field carries its own dotted path, so a path here reaches a field the same way a query does. Omitted when the problem applies to the request as a whole. See API conventions.
Example
"id"
argumentsmap of string
The values the message was rendered with, so a client can render a message of its own from the code.
1 property
<key>string
Error codes
storage:unavailable
The node is not configured with key storage.
storage:io_error
Key storage answered with an error. Send the request again.

Authorization

Permission
keys.read
Checked on
The deployment, not one index
Roles
admin

An API key sent as a bearer token, such as Authorization: Bearer exok_4ff6b760264c1918_ePQcdT1O9HSATZoXfDbT8hhHGsP9VpZH. A key carries grants that pair permissions with index patterns; the permission each endpoint needs is named beside it. Nodes running with EXOFIND_AUTH_MODE=none accept requests without a credential, and a node with EXOFIND_AUTH_ANONYMOUS_KEY set serves requests that carry none with the permissions of that key.

Exofind is built by Level Four AB and is available under the Apache License 2.0.