curl -X PATCH 'https://api.resend.com/api-keys/api-key-id' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $RESEND_API_KEY" \
  -H 'User-Agent: my-app/1.0' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "name": "string"
}'

# PATCH /api-keys/{api_key_id} (Resend API)
Base URL: https://api.resend.com
Auth: Authorization: Bearer <RESEND_API_KEY>
Last verified: 2026-09-03

> Update an existing API key

## Critical Gotchas
* All requests must include a `User-Agent` header (e.g. `User-Agent: my-app/1.0`) or the API returns HTTP 403.
* The `to` field is an array of strings, even when sending to a single recipient.

## cURL
curl -X PATCH 'https://api.resend.com/api-keys/api-key-id' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $RESEND_API_KEY" \
  -H 'User-Agent: my-app/1.0' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"name":"string"}'

## Parameters
| Name | In | Type | Required | Description |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| api_key_id | path | string | Yes | The API key ID. |
| name | body | string | Yes | The API key name. |

## Response (200 OK)
{"object":"api_key","id":"string"}

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PATCH

/api-keys/{api_key_id}

Resend API

Update an existing API key

Base URL: https://api.resend.com
Auth: Authorization: Bearer <RESEND_API_KEY>
Last verified: 2026-09-03 · upstream hash matched

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Critical gotchas

All requests must include a User-Agent header (e.g. User-Agent: my-app/1.0) or the API returns HTTP 403.

The to field is an array of strings, even when sending to a single recipient.

cURL

curl -X PATCH 'https://api.resend.com/api-keys/api-key-id' \  -H "Authorization: Bearer $RESEND_API_KEY" \  -H 'User-Agent: my-app/1.0' \  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \  -d '{  "name": "string"}'

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Parameters

Name	In	Type	Required	Description
api_key_id	path	string	Yes	The API key ID.
name	body	string	Yes	The API key name.

Response 200 OK

{
  "object": "api_key",
  "id": "string"
}