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Validate External Key

api/admin/external_keys/validate

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# Validate External Key ## Path parameters ## Returns ## Example ### Response (200) ## Validate External Key ### Path Parameters ### Returns ### Example #### Response

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----
-title: Validate External Key
-url: https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/api/admin/external_keys/validate
----
+# Validate External Key
 
-## Validate External Key
+**POST** `/v1/organizations/external_keys/{external_key_id}/validate`
 
-**post** `/v1/organizations/external_keys/{external_key_id}/validate`
-
 Validate an external key config against the customer's KMS.
 
 Anthropic performs an encrypt/decrypt roundtrip against the configured

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 `success` if the roundtrip succeeded, or `failure` with an error
 message if it failed or timed out.
 
-### Path Parameters
+## Path parameters
 
 - `external_key_id: string`
 
   ID of the External Key.
 
-### Returns
+  maxLength: 2048
 
+## Returns
+
 - `error: string or null`
 
   Error message when status is `failure`. Null otherwise.

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 - `type: "external_key_validation"`
 
-  - `"external_key_validation"`
+  default: external_key_validation
 
-### Example
+## Example
 
-```http
+```bash
 curl https://api.anthropic.com/v1/organizations/external_keys/$EXTERNAL_KEY_ID/validate \
     -X POST \
     -H 'anthropic-version: 2023-06-01' \

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     -H "Authorization: Bearer $ANTHROPIC_OAUTH_TOKEN"
 ```
 
-#### Response
+### Response (200)
 
 ```json
 {