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# Download Primary Key

Downloads the primary key.

Since: 7.19

Security: Requires a valid admin user

# OpenAPI definition

```json
{
  "openapi": "3.1.0",
  "info": {
    "title": "JFrog Artifactory Security API",
    "description": "REST API for managing security settings in JFrog Artifactory, including users, permissions, API keys, GPG keys, certificates, and encryption. \n\nNote - From Artifactory release 7.49.3, the security APIs are being decoupled from Artifactory and moving to JFrog Platform Access. This means that the security APIs below are planned to be deprecated at a later stage. We recommend using the available new APIs for all your security and access needs moving forward.\n",
    "version": "1.0.0",
    "contact": {
      "name": "JFrog Support"
    }
  },
  "servers": [
    {
      "url": "https://{jfrog_url}/artifactory/api",
      "description": "JFrog Platform",
      "variables": {
        "jfrog_url": {
          "default": "myserver.jfrog.io",
          "description": "Your JFrog Platform hostname (e.g., mycompany.jfrog.io)"
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    {
      "name": "GPG Key Pairs",
      "description": "GPG key pair management for signing operations"
    }
  ],
  "paths": {
    "/v2/repositories/{repoName}/keyPairs/primary/public": {
      "get": {
        "tags": [
          "GPG Key Pairs"
        ],
        "summary": "Download Primary Key",
        "description": "Downloads the primary key.\n\nSince: 7.19\n\nSecurity: Requires a valid admin user",
        "operationId": "downloadPrimaryKey",
        "parameters": [
          {
            "$ref": "#/components/parameters/repoName"
          }
        ],
        "responses": {
          "200": {
            "description": "Returns the primary PGP public key block as plain text.",
            "content": {
              "text/plain": {
                "schema": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "description": "PGP public key block"
                }
              }
            }
          },
          "401": {
            "$ref": "#/components/responses/UnauthorizedError"
          },
          "403": {
            "description": "Permission Denied - This operation requires a valid admin user.",
            "content": {
              "application/json": {
                "schema": {
                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse"
                }
              }
            }
          },
          "404": {
            "description": "Not Found - No primary key configured for this repository.",
            "content": {
              "application/json": {
                "schema": {
                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse"
                }
              }
            }
          },
          "500": {
            "$ref": "#/components/responses/InternalServerError"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "security": [
    {
      "BasicAuth": []
    },
    {
      "ApiKeyAuth": []
    },
    {
      "BearerAuth": []
    }
  ],
  "components": {
    "securitySchemes": {
      "BasicAuth": {
        "type": "http",
        "scheme": "basic"
      },
      "ApiKeyAuth": {
        "type": "apiKey",
        "in": "header",
        "name": "X-JFrog-Art-Api"
      },
      "BearerAuth": {
        "type": "http",
        "scheme": "bearer"
      }
    },
    "parameters": {
      "repoName": {
        "name": "repoName",
        "in": "path",
        "required": true,
        "schema": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "description": "The repository name"
      }
    },
    "responses": {
      "UnauthorizedError": {
        "description": "Bad Credentials - The provided authentication is invalid.",
        "content": {
          "application/json": {
            "schema": {
              "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse"
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "InternalServerError": {
        "description": "Internal Server Error",
        "content": {
          "application/json": {
            "schema": {
              "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse"
            }
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "schemas": {
      "ErrorResponse": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "errors": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": {
              "type": "object",
              "properties": {
                "status": {
                  "type": "integer",
                  "description": "HTTP status code"
                },
                "message": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "description": "Error message"
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "x-readme": {
    "explorer-enabled": false
  }
}
```