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PATCH
/
byok
/
{id}
Update a BYOK provider credential
curl --request PATCH \
  --url https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/byok/{id} \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "disabled": false,
  "name": "Updated OpenAI Key"
}
'
import requests

url = "https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/byok/{id}"

payload = {
    "disabled": False,
    "name": "Updated OpenAI Key"
}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.patch(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)
const options = {
  method: 'PATCH',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({disabled: false, name: 'Updated OpenAI Key'})
};

fetch('https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/byok/{id}', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/byok/{id}",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "PATCH",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'disabled' => false,
    'name' => 'Updated OpenAI Key'
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/byok/{id}"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"disabled\": false,\n  \"name\": \"Updated OpenAI Key\"\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("PATCH", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.patch("https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/byok/{id}")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"disabled\": false,\n  \"name\": \"Updated OpenAI Key\"\n}")
  .asString();
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/byok/{id}")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Patch.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"disabled\": false,\n  \"name\": \"Updated OpenAI Key\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
{
  "data": {
    "allowed_api_key_hashes": null,
    "allowed_models": null,
    "allowed_user_ids": null,
    "created_at": "2025-08-24T10:30:00Z",
    "disabled": false,
    "id": "11111111-2222-3333-4444-555555555555",
    "is_fallback": false,
    "label": "sk-...AbCd",
    "name": "Updated OpenAI Key",
    "provider": "openai",
    "sort_order": 0,
    "workspace_id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000"
  }
}
{
  "error": {
    "code": 400,
    "message": "Invalid request parameters"
  }
}
{
  "error": {
    "code": 401,
    "message": "Missing Authentication header"
  }
}
{
  "error": {
    "code": 404,
    "message": "Resource not found"
  }
}
{
  "error": {
    "code": 500,
    "message": "Internal Server Error"
  }
}

Authorizations

Authorization
string
header
required

API key as bearer token in Authorization header

Path Parameters

id
string<uuid>
required

The BYOK credential ID (UUID).

Example:

"11111111-2222-3333-4444-555555555555"

Body

application/json
allowed_models
string[] | null

Optional allowlist of model slugs this credential may be used for. null means no restriction.

Maximum array length: 100
Example:

null

allowed_user_ids
string[] | null

Optional allowlist of user IDs that may use this credential. null means no restriction.

Maximum array length: 100
Example:

null

disabled
boolean

Whether this credential is disabled.

Example:

false

is_fallback
boolean

Whether this credential is treated as a fallback — used only after non-fallback keys for the same provider have been tried.

Example:

false

key
string

A new raw provider API key to rotate the credential in-place. The previous key material is overwritten and the masked label is regenerated. Encrypted at rest and never returned in API responses.

Minimum string length: 1
Example:

"sk-proj-newkey456..."

name
string | null

Optional human-readable name for the credential.

Maximum string length: 255
Example:

"Updated OpenAI Key"

Response

BYOK credential updated successfully

data
object
required

The updated BYOK credential.

Example:
{
  "allowed_api_key_hashes": null,
  "allowed_models": null,
  "allowed_user_ids": null,
  "created_at": "2025-08-24T10:30:00Z",
  "disabled": false,
  "id": "11111111-2222-3333-4444-555555555555",
  "is_fallback": false,
  "label": "sk-...AbCd",
  "name": "Production OpenAI Key",
  "provider": "openai",
  "sort_order": 0,
  "workspace_id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000"
}