---
title: "Update an API credential"
method: PATCH
path: "/merchants/{merchantId}/apiCredentials/{apiCredentialId}"
tags: ["API credentials - merchant level"]
---

# Update an API credential

`PATCH /merchants/{merchantId}/apiCredentials/{apiCredentialId}`

Changes the API credential's roles, or allowed origins. The request has the new values for the fields you want to change. The response contains the full updated API credential, including the new values from the request. 

To make this request, your API credential must have the following [roles](https://docs.adyen.com/development-resources/api-credentials#api-permissions):
* Management API—API credentials read and write

## Path parameters

- `merchantId` string, required
- `apiCredentialId` string, required

## Request body

- UpdateMerchantApiCredentialRequest
  - `active` boolean — Indicates if the API credential is enabled.
  - `allowedOrigins` string[] — The new list of [allowed origins](https://docs.adyen.com/development-resources/client-side-authentication#allowed-origins) for the API credential.
  - `description` string — Description of the API credential.
  - `roles` string[] — List of [roles](https://docs.adyen.com/development-resources/api-credentials#roles-1) for the API credential. Only roles assigned to 'ws@Company.<CompanyName>' can be assigned to other API credentials.
  - `subjectDN` string — The subject DN of the certificate issued by Adyen.

## Response `200`

OK - the request has succeeded.

- ApiCredential
  - `_links` ApiCredentialLinks
    - `allowedOrigins` LinksElement
      - `href` string
    - `company` LinksElement
      - `href` string
    - `generateApiKey` LinksElement
      - `href` string
    - `generateClientKey` LinksElement
      - `href` string
    - `merchant` LinksElement
      - `href` string
    - `self` LinksElement, required
      - `href` string
  - `active` boolean, required — Indicates if the API credential is enabled. Must be set to **true** to use the credential in your integration.
  - `allowedIpAddresses` string[], required — List of IP addresses from which your client can make requests. If the list is empty, we allow requests from any IP. If the list is not empty and we get a request from an IP which is not on the list, you get a security error.
  - `allowedOrigins` AllowedOrigin[] — List containing the [allowed origins](https://docs.adyen.com/development-resources/client-side-authentication#allowed-origins) linked to the API credential.
    - `_links` Links
      - `self` LinksElement, required
        - `href` string
    - `domain` string, required — Domain of the allowed origin.
    - `id` string — Unique identifier of the allowed origin.
  - `clientKey` string, required — Public key used for [client-side authentication](https://docs.adyen.com/development-resources/client-side-authentication). The client key is required for Drop-in and Components integrations.
  - `description` string — Description of the API credential.
  - `id` string, required — Unique identifier of the API credential.
  - `roles` string[], required — List of [roles](https://docs.adyen.com/development-resources/api-credentials#roles-1) for the API credential.
  - `subjectDN` string — The subject DN of the certificate issued by Adyen.
  - `username` string, required — The name of the [API credential](https://docs.adyen.com/development-resources/api-credentials), for example **ws@Company.TestCompany**.

## Other responses

- `204` — No Content - the request has been successfully processed, but there is no additional content.
- `400` — Bad Request - a problem reading or understanding the request.
- `401` — Unauthorized - authentication required.
- `403` — Forbidden - insufficient permissions to process the request.
- `422` — Unprocessable Entity - a request validation error.
- `500` — Internal Server Error - the server could not process the request.

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