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In this article:

  • HTTP request
  • Path parameters
  • Body parameters
  • Response
  1. API reference
  2. REST
  3. SymmetricCrypto
  4. ReEncrypt

Key Management Service API, REST: SymmetricCrypto.ReEncrypt

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Yandex Cloud
Updated at November 26, 2024
  • HTTP request
  • Path parameters
  • Body parameters
  • Response

Re-encrypts a ciphertext with the specified KMS key.

HTTP request

POST https://kms.yandex/kms/v1/keys/{keyId}:reEncrypt

Path parameters

Field

Description

keyId

string

Required field. ID of the new key to be used for encryption.

Body parameters

{
  "versionId": "string",
  "aadContext": "string",
  "sourceKeyId": "string",
  "sourceAadContext": "string",
  "ciphertext": "string"
}

Field

Description

versionId

string

ID of the version of the new key to be used for encryption.
Defaults to the primary version if not specified.

aadContext

string (bytes)

Additional authenticated data to be required for decryption.
Should be encoded with base64.

sourceKeyId

string

Required field. ID of the key that the ciphertext is currently encrypted with. May be the same as for the new key.

sourceAadContext

string (bytes)

Additional authenticated data provided with the initial encryption request.
Should be encoded with base64.

ciphertext

string (bytes)

Required field. Ciphertext to re-encrypt.
Should be encoded with base64.

Response

HTTP Code: 200 - OK

{
  "keyId": "string",
  "versionId": "string",
  "sourceKeyId": "string",
  "sourceVersionId": "string",
  "ciphertext": "string"
}

Field

Description

keyId

string

ID of the key that the ciphertext is encrypted with now.

versionId

string

ID of key version that was used for encryption.

sourceKeyId

string

ID of the key that the ciphertext was encrypted with previously.

sourceVersionId

string

ID of the key version that was used to decrypt the re-encrypted ciphertext.

ciphertext

string (bytes)

Resulting re-encrypted ciphertext.

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