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.

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

Prerequisites

Install dependencies

gem install nexmo

Initialize your dependencies

Create a file named revoke-a-secret.rb and add the following code:

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client = Nexmo::Client.new(
  api_key: NEXMO_API_KEY,
  api_secret: NEXMO_API_SECRET
)

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Write the code

Add the following to revoke-a-secret.rb:

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begin
  response = client.secrets.revoke(NEXMO_SECRET_ID)
  puts 'OK' if response == :no_content
rescue StandardError => e
  puts e.message
end

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Run your code

Save this file to your machine and run it:

ruby revoke-a-secret.rb