# Azure Key Vault Keys API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/microsoft-azure-key-vault/azure-key-vault-keys-api/  
**Provider:** Azure Key Vault — https://apis.io/providers/microsoft-azure-key-vault/  
**Base URL:** https://{vault-name}.vault.azure.net  
**Documentation:** https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/keyvault/keys

Azure Key Vault Keys API is one of 6 APIs that [Azure Key Vault](https://apis.io/providers/microsoft-azure-key-vault/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Cryptographic Operations, Encryption, HSM, Keys, and Signing. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation, an API reference, and a getting-started guide.

REST API for creating, importing, updating, and performing cryptographic operations with keys in Azure Key Vault. Supports RSA, EC, and symmetric key types with operations including encrypt, decrypt, sign, verify, wrap, and unwrap.

## Machine-readable artifacts (4)

- **Documentation** — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/key-vault/keys/about-keys
- **APIReference** — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/keyvault/keys
- **GettingStarted** — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/key-vault/keys/quick-create-net
- **APIsJSON** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/microsoft-azure-key-vault/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

## Other Azure Key Vault APIs (5)

- [Azure Key Vault Secrets API](https://apis.io/apis/microsoft-azure-key-vault/azure-key-vault-secrets-api/)
- [Azure Key Vault Certificates API](https://apis.io/apis/microsoft-azure-key-vault/azure-key-vault-certificates-api/)
- [Azure Key Vault Certificates API](https://apis.io/apis/microsoft-azure-key-vault/microsoft-azure-key-vault-certificates-api/)
- [Azure Key Vault Keys API](https://apis.io/apis/microsoft-azure-key-vault/microsoft-azure-key-vault-keys-api/)
- [Azure Key Vault Secrets API](https://apis.io/apis/microsoft-azure-key-vault/microsoft-azure-key-vault-secrets-api/)

## Tags

Cryptographic Operations, Encryption, HSM, Keys, Signing

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