:doc:`IAM <../../iam>` / Client / update_service_specific_credential

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update_service_specific_credential
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.. py:method:: IAM.Client.update_service_specific_credential(**kwargs)

  

  Sets the status of a service-specific credential to ``Active`` or ``Inactive``. Service-specific credentials that are inactive cannot be used for authentication to the service. This operation can be used to disable a user's service-specific credential as part of a credential rotation work flow.

  

  See also: `AWS API Documentation <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/WebAPI/iam-2010-05-08/UpdateServiceSpecificCredential>`_  


  **Request Syntax**
  ::

    response = client.update_service_specific_credential(
        UserName='string',
        ServiceSpecificCredentialId='string',
        Status='Active'|'Inactive'|'Expired'
    )
    
  :type UserName: string
  :param UserName: 

    The name of the IAM user associated with the service-specific credential. If you do not specify this value, then the operation assumes the user whose credentials are used to call the operation.

     

    This parameter allows (through its `regex pattern <http://wikipedia.org/wiki/regex>`__) a string of characters consisting of upper and lowercase alphanumeric characters with no spaces. You can also include any of the following characters: _+=,.@-

    

  
  :type ServiceSpecificCredentialId: string
  :param ServiceSpecificCredentialId: **[REQUIRED]** 

    The unique identifier of the service-specific credential.

     

    This parameter allows (through its `regex pattern <http://wikipedia.org/wiki/regex>`__) a string of characters that can consist of any upper or lowercased letter or digit.

    

  
  :type Status: string
  :param Status: **[REQUIRED]** 

    The status to be assigned to the service-specific credential.

    

  
  
  :returns: None
  **Exceptions**
  
  *   :py:class:`IAM.Client.exceptions.NoSuchEntityException`

  