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List public SSH keys for the authenticated user

GET
/user/keys

Lists the public SSH keys for the authenticated user’s GitHub account.

OAuth app tokens and personal access tokens (classic) need the read:public_key scope to use this endpoint.

API method documentation

Parameters

Section titled “ Parameters ”

Query Parameters

Section titled “ Query Parameters ”
per_page
integer
default: 30

The number of results per page (max 100). For more information, see “Using pagination in the REST API.”

page
integer
default: 1

The page number of the results to fetch. For more information, see “Using pagination in the REST API.”

Responses

Section titled “ Responses ”

200

Section titled “ 200 ”

Response

Media type application/json
Array<object>
Key

Key

object
key
required
string
id
required
integer format: int64
url
required
string
title
required
string
created_at
required
string format: date-time
verified
required
boolean
read_only
required
boolean
last_used
string format: date-time
nullable
Examples
Example default 
[
  {
    "key": "2Sg8iYjAxxmI2LvUXpJjkYrMxURPc8r+dB7TJyvv1234",
    "id": 2,
    "url": "https://api.github.com/user/keys/2",
    "title": "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAA",
    "created_at": "2020-06-11T21:31:57Z",
    "verified": false,
    "read_only": false
  },
  {
    "key": "2Sg8iYjAxxmI2LvUXpJjkYrMxURPc8r+dB7TJy931234",
    "id": 3,
    "url": "https://api.github.com/user/keys/3",
    "title": "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAB",
    "created_at": "2020-07-11T21:31:57Z",
    "verified": false,
    "read_only": false
  }
]

Headers

Section titled “ Headers ”
Link
string
Example 
<https://api.github.com/resource?page=2>; rel="next", <https://api.github.com/resource?page=5>; rel="last"

304

Section titled “ 304 ”

Not modified

401

Section titled “ 401 ”

Requires authentication

Media type application/json
Basic Error

Basic Error

object
message
string
documentation_url
string
url
string
status
string
Example generated 
{
  "message": "example",
  "documentation_url": "example",
  "url": "example",
  "status": "example"
}

403

Section titled “ 403 ”

Forbidden

Media type application/json
Basic Error

Basic Error

object
message
string
documentation_url
string
url
string
status
string
Example generated 
{
  "message": "example",
  "documentation_url": "example",
  "url": "example",
  "status": "example"
}

404

Section titled “ 404 ”

Resource not found

Media type application/json
Basic Error

Basic Error

object
message
string
documentation_url
string
url
string
status
string
Example generated 
{
  "message": "example",
  "documentation_url": "example",
  "url": "example",
  "status": "example"
}