# Import a key

POST

/v1/key/import

Import an externally generated key into the wallet. Note that if you wish to back up the imported key, you must do so by backing up the entire wallet database, because imported keys were not derived from the wallet’s master derivation key.

## Authorizations

- **[api_key](https://dev.algorand.co/reference/rest-api/kmd/#api_key)**

## Request Body

The list of MIME types the operation can consume application/json

APIV1POSTKeyImportRequest is the request for `POST /v1/key/import`

object

**private_key**  
PrivateKey is an exported ed25519PrivateKey

Array<integer>

**wallet_handle_token**  
string

## Responses

### 200

Response to `POST /v1/key/import`

The list of MIME types the operation can produce application/json

APIV1POSTKeyImportResponse is the response to `POST /v1/key/import`
friendly: ImportKeyResponse

object

**address**  
string

**error**  
boolean

**message**  
string