Method: unwrap

Returns decrypted Data Encryption Key (DEK).

For more details, see Encrypt & decrypt data.

HTTP request

POST https://KACLS_URL/unwrap

Replace KACLS_URL with the Key Access Control List Service (KACLS) URL.

Path parameters

None.

Request body

The request body contains data with the following structure:

JSON representation 
{
  "authentication": string,
  "authorization": string,
  "reason": string,
  "wrapped_key": string
}
Fields
authentication

string

A JWT issued by the IdP asserting who the user is. See authentication tokens.
authorization

string

A JWT asserting that the user is allowed to unwrap a key for resource_name. See authorization tokens.
reason

string (UTF-8)

A passthrough JSON string providing additional context about the operation. The JSON provided should be sanitized before being displayed. Max size: 1 KB.
wrapped_key

string

The base64 binary object returned by wrap.

Response body

If successful, this method returns the document encryption key.

If the operation fails, a structured error reply should be returned.

JSON representation 
{
  "key": string
}
Fields
key

string

The base64-encoded DEK.

Example

This example provides a sample request and response for the unwrap method.

Request

POST https://mykacls.example.com/v1/unwrap

{
   "wrapped_key": "7qTh6Mp+svVwYPlnZMyuj8WHTrM59wl/UI50jo61Qt/QubZ9tfsUc1sD62xdg3zgxC9quV4r+y7AkbfIDhbmxGqP64pWbZgFzOkP0JcSn+1xm/CB2E5IknKsAbwbYREGpiHM3nzZu+eLnvlfbzvTnJuJwBpLoPYQcnPvcgm+5gU1j1BjUaNKS/uDn7VbVm7hjbKA3wkniORC2TU2MiHElutnfrEVZ8wQfrCEpuWkOXs98H8QxUK4pBM2ea1xxGj7vREAZZg1x/Ci/E77gHxymnZ/ekhUIih6Pwu75jf+dvKcMnpmdLpwAVlE1G4dNginhFVyV/199llf9jmHasQQuaMFzQ9UMWGjA1Hg2KsaD9e3EL74A5fLkKc2EEmBD5v/aP+1RRZ3ISbTOXvxqYIFCdSFSCfPbUhkc9I2nHS0obEH7Q7KiuagoDqV0cTNXWfCGJ1DtIlGQ9IA6mPDAjX8Lg==",
   "authorization": "eyJhbGciOi…"
   "authentication": "eyJhbGciOi…"
   "reason": "{client:'drive' op:'read'}"
}

Response

{
    "key": "0saNxttLMQULfXuTbRFJzi/QJokN1jW16u0yaNvvLdQ="
}