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An **AuthorizedKey** represents the public part of an SSH authentication key which can be used to authorize transactions on behalf of the user.

h2. Methods

See "authorized_keys":{{site.baseurl}}/api/methods/authorized_keys.html

h2. Resource

Each AuthorizedKey has, in addition to the usual "attributes of Arvados resources":{{site.baseurl}}/api/resources.html:

table(table table-bordered table-condensed).
|_. Attribute|_. Type|_. Description|_. Example|
|name|string|||
|key_type|string|||
|authorized_user_uuid|string|||
|public_key|text|||
|expires_at|datetime|||