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How to Disable Vultr API Access for Users

Updated on November 15, 2024

Disabling Application Programming Interface (API) access restricts users from accessing the Vultr account programmatically. This restriction applies to all linked API clients, such as the Linux Curl command, Vultr CLI, and modern programming language libraries.

Follow this guide to disable API access for users using the Vultr Customer Portal, API, and CLI.

  • Vultr Customer Portal
  • Vultr API
  • Vultr CLI

  1. Navigate to Account and select Users under OTHER.

  2. Select the user from the list and click the Edit icon.

    User's List

  3. Click Disable API under User API Key.

    Disable API

  1. Send a GET request to the Get Users endpoint and note the user ID.

    console 
    $ curl "https://api.vultr.com/v2/users" \
    -X GET \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer ${VULTR_API_KEY}"

  2. Send a PATCH request to the Update User endpoint and specify the user ID to update the user.

    console 
    $ curl "https://api.vultr.com/v2/users/{user-id}" \
    -X PATCH \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer ${VULTR_API_KEY}" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    --data '{
        "api_enabled" : false     
    }'

    Visit the Update User endpoint to view additional attributes to add to your request.

  1. List all users and note the user ID.

    console 
    $ vultr-cli users list

  2. Update the user by specifying the user ID.

    console 
    $ vultr-cli users update user-id \
--api-enabled="false"

    Run vultr-cli users update --help to view all options.