DescribeKeyPairs

The DescribeKeyPairs operation returns information about keypairs available for use by the user making the request. Selected keypairs may be specified or the list may be left empty if information for all registered keypairs is required.

The following table describes the request parameters for DescribeKeyPairs. Parameter names are case sensitive.

Element NameDefinitionRequired?Type
KeyName.n Keypair IDs to describe. Nostring

The following table describes the default response tags included in DescribeKeyPairs responses.

Element NameDefinitionType
keySet A list of keypair descriptions ec2:DescribeKeypairsResponseItemType[]
https://ec2.amazonaws.com/
?Action=DescribeKeyPairs
&KeyName.1=example-key-name
&...auth parameters...
<DescribeKeyPairsResponse xmlns="http://ec2.amazonaws.com/doc/2007-01-19">
  <keySet>
    <item>
      <keyName>example-key-name</keyName>
      <keyFingerprint>1f:51:ae:28:bf:89:e9:d8:1f:25:5d:37:2d:7d:b8:ca:9f:f5:f1:6f</keyFingerprint>
    </item>
  </keySet>
</DescribeKeyPairsResponse>