Validate a provider token

Probes a customer-supplied cloud-provider API token with a cheap read-only call to confirm it authenticates, without storing it. Use before creating a cloud_provider/* secret.

POST /secrets/validate_token

Validate a provider token

cURL

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.akua.dev/v1/secrets/validate_token \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "value": "<string>"
}
'

200

{
  "valid": true,
  "error": "<string>"
}

Authorizations

Authorization · string · header · required

workspace API token (sk_akua_...) or OAuth2 JWT. Create tokens at https://akua.dev/developers/api-tokens

Body

application/json

provider · enum<string> · required

Cloud provider to validate the token against.

Available options: hcloud

value · string · required

The provider API token to probe. Consumed, never stored.

Minimum string length: 1

Response

200

application/json

Validation result

valid · boolean · required

Whether the token authenticated successfully.

error · string

Human-readable reason when valid is false.