Revoke a secret

To create a new API secret, you must send a DELETE request to the secret management API.

You must have at least one API secret at all times.

Key Description
NEXMO_SECRET_ID The ID of the secret to delete.
  • cURL
  • PHP

    • Write the code

    Add the following to revoke-secret.sh:

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    curl -X DELETE "https://api.nexmo.com/accounts/$ACCOUNT_ID/secrets/$SECRET_ID" \
     -u "$NEXMO_API_KEY:$NEXMO_API_SECRET"

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    Run your code

    Save this file to your machine and run it: 

    bash revoke-secret.sh

    Prerequisites

    Install dependencies

    composer require nexmo/client
    Initialize your dependencies

    Create a file named delete-a-secret.php and add the following code:

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    $basic  = new \Nexmo\Client\Credentials\Basic(NEXMO_API_KEY, NEXMO_API_SECRET);
$client = new \Nexmo\Client($basic);

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    Write the code

    Add the following to delete-a-secret.php:

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    try {
    $response = $client->account()->deleteSecret(NEXMO_API_KEY, NEXMO_SECRET_ID);
    echo "OK\n";
} catch(\Nexmo\Client\Exception\Request $e) {
    echo $e->getMessage();
}

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    Run your code

    Save this file to your machine and run it: 

    php delete-a-secret.php