keyCredential resource type

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Contains a key credential associated with an application or a service principal. The keyCredentials property of the application and servicePrincipal entities is a collection of keyCredential.

To add a keyCredential using Microsoft Graph, see Add a certificate to an app using Microsoft Graph.

Properties

Property Type Description
customKeyIdentifier Binary A 40-character binary type that can be used to identify the credential. Optional. When not provided in the payload, defaults to the thumbprint of the certificate.
displayName String Friendly name for the key. Optional.
endDateTime DateTimeOffset The date and time at which the credential expires. The DateTimeOffset type represents date and time information using ISO 8601 format and is always in UTC time. For example, midnight UTC on Jan 1, 2014 is 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z.
key Binary The certificate's raw data in byte array converted to Base64 string. Returned only on $select for a single object, that is, GET applications/{applicationId}?$select=keyCredentials or GET servicePrincipals/{servicePrincipalId}?$select=keyCredentials; otherwise, it is always null.

From a .cer certificate, you can read the key using the Convert.ToBase64String() method. For more information, see Get the certificate key.
keyId Guid The unique identifier (GUID) for the key.
startDateTime DateTimeOffset The date and time at which the credential becomes valid.The Timestamp type represents date and time information using ISO 8601 format and is always in UTC time. For example, midnight UTC on Jan 1, 2014 is 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z.
type String The type of key credential; for example, Symmetric, AsymmetricX509Cert.
usage String A string that describes the purpose for which the key can be used; for example, Verify.

JSON representation

The following is a JSON representation of the resource

{
  "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.keyCredential",
  "customKeyIdentifier": "Binary",
  "displayName": "String",
  "endDateTime": "String (timestamp)",
  "key": "Binary",
  "keyId": "Guid",
  "startDateTime": "String (timestamp)",
  "type": "String",
  "usage": "String"
}