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# Activate a JSON Web Key

POST https://api.sigmacomputing.com/v2/jwkSets/{jwkSetId}/jsonWebKeys/{jsonWebKeyId}:activate
Content-Type: application/json

Make the given JSON Web Key the active key for its set, deactivating whichever key previously held that role. Does not delete the previously active key. Remove it separately once its rotation overlap window has passed. Returns the now-active key.

### Usage notes
- To perform this operation, you must use API credentials owned by a user assigned the Admin account type.
- `jsonWebKeyId` must belong to the `jwkSetId` in the path.

### Usage scenarios
- **Key rotation:** Switch signing over to a newly created key once it has propagated.

Reference: https://help.sigmacomputing.com/reference/activate-json-web-key

## Authentication

- OAuth2 — send the obtained token as `Authorization: Bearer <token>`

## Servers

- `https://api.sigmacomputing.com` (Server for GCP (US) hosted organizations, default)
- `https://api.sa.gcp.sigmacomputing.com` (Server for GCP (KSA) hosted organizations)
- `https://api.uk.gcp.sigmacomputing.com` (Server for GCP (UK) hosted organizations)
- `https://aws-api.sigmacomputing.com` (Server for AWS US (West) hosted organizations)
- `https://api.us-a.aws.sigmacomputing.com` (Server for AWS US (East) hosted organizations)
- `https://api.ca.aws.sigmacomputing.com` (Server for AWS Canada hosted organizations)
- `https://api.eu.aws.sigmacomputing.com` (Server for AWS Europe (Frankfurt) hosted organizations)
- `https://api.ch.aws.sigmacomputing.com` (Server for AWS Europe (Zurich) hosted organizations)
- `https://api.au.aws.sigmacomputing.com` (Server for AWS Australia and APAC hosted organizations)
- `https://api.uk.aws.sigmacomputing.com` (Server for AWS UK hosted organizations)
- `https://api.in.aws.sigmacomputing.com` (Server for AWS Asia Pacific (Mumbai) hosted organizations)
- `https://api.us.azure.sigmacomputing.com` (Server for Azure US hosted organizations)
- `https://api.eu.azure.sigmacomputing.com` (Server for Azure Europe hosted organizations)
- `https://api.ca.azure.sigmacomputing.com` (Server for Azure Canada hosted organizations)
- `https://api.uk.azure.sigmacomputing.com` (Server for Azure United Kingdom hosted organizations)
- `https://api.au.azure.sigmacomputing.com` (Server for Azure Australia hosted organizations)

## Request

### Path parameters

- `jwkSetId` (string, required) — Unique identifier of the JWK set.
- `jsonWebKeyId` (string, required) — Unique identifier of the JSON Web Key.

## Response

### 200

The response body.

- `jsonWebKeyId` (string, required) — Unique identifier of the JSON Web Key.
- `jwkSetId` (string, required) — Unique identifier of the JWK set this key belongs to.
- `algorithm` (enum, required) — Signing algorithm this key was generated for.
  - Allowed values: `RS256`, `ES256`
- `publicKey` (string, required) — PEM-encoded X.509 certificate wrapping the public key. Never includes private key material.
- `expiresAt` (datetime, required) — Expiration timestamp of the underlying certificate.
- `status` (enum, required) — `active` if this is the key currently used to sign JWT bearer tokens for the set, otherwise `inactive`.
  - Allowed values: `active`, `inactive`

## Examples

**Request**

```json
{}
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "jsonWebKeyId": "string",
  "jwkSetId": "string",
  "algorithm": "RS256",
  "publicKey": "string",
  "expiresAt": "2024-01-15T09:30:00Z",
  "status": "active"
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://api.sigmacomputing.com/v2/jwkSets/jwkSetId/jsonWebKeys/jsonWebKeyId:activate"

payload = {}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "<token>.",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://api.sigmacomputing.com/v2/jwkSets/jwkSetId/jsonWebKeys/jsonWebKeyId:activate';
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: '<token>.', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: '{}'
};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.sigmacomputing.com/v2/jwkSets/jwkSetId/jsonWebKeys/jsonWebKeyId:activate"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "<token>.")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.sigmacomputing.com/v2/jwkSets/jwkSetId/jsonWebKeys/jsonWebKeyId:activate")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = '<token>.'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.sigmacomputing.com/v2/jwkSets/jwkSetId/jsonWebKeys/jsonWebKeyId:activate")
  .header("Authorization", "<token>.")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{}")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', 'https://api.sigmacomputing.com/v2/jwkSets/jwkSetId/jsonWebKeys/jsonWebKeyId:activate', [
  'body' => '{}',
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => '<token>.',
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api.sigmacomputing.com/v2/jwkSets/jwkSetId/jsonWebKeys/jsonWebKeyId:activate");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "<token>.");
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = [
  "Authorization": "<token>.",
  "Content-Type": "application/json"
]
let parameters = [] as [String : Any]

let postData = JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: [])

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.sigmacomputing.com/v2/jwkSets/jwkSetId/jsonWebKeys/jsonWebKeyId:activate")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
request.httpBody = postData as Data

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```