Propose adding or revoking an approver key

POST

approval-issuers

changes

cURL

# Run in the folder that holds the new approver's public key file.
curl -X POST https://parmana-api-real.vercel.app/approval-issuers/changes \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $PARMANA_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data "$(jq -n --rawfile pem manager-priya__manager-priya-key-1.public.pem '{action: "add", approverId: "manager-priya", keyId: "manager-priya-key-1", publicKeyPem: $pem, reason: "Priya approves refunds for the West region from October."}')"

import { ParmanaClient } from "@parmana/sdk";
import { readFileSync } from "node:fs";

const client = new ParmanaClient({
  endpoint: "https://parmana-api-real.vercel.app",
  apiKey: process.env.PARMANA_API_KEY!,
});

const change = await client.proposeApproverChange({
  action: "add",
  approverId: "manager-priya",
  keyId: "manager-priya-key-1",
  publicKeyPem: readFileSync(
    "manager-priya__manager-priya-key-1.public.pem",
    "utf8",
  ),
  reason: "Priya approves refunds for the West region from October.",
});

console.log(change.changeId);

import os
from pathlib import Path

from parmana import ParmanaClient

client = ParmanaClient(
    endpoint="https://parmana-api-real.vercel.app",
    api_key=os.environ["PARMANA_API_KEY"],
)

change = client.approvers.propose_add(
    approver_id="manager-priya",
    key_id="manager-priya-key-1",
    public_key_pem=Path("manager-priya__manager-priya-key-1.public.pem").read_text(),
    reason="Priya approves refunds for the West region from October.",
)

print(change.change_id)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    action: 'add',
    approverId: 'manager-priya',
    keyId: 'manager-priya-key-1',
    publicKeyPem: '-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----\nMCowBQYDK2VwAyEAEDuWHf+bbRY7J/Mr0RVmAKYHH5CDijTWhdnISXWLD6Y=\n-----END PUBLIC KEY-----\n',
    reason: 'Priya approves refunds for the West region from October.'
  })
};

fetch('https://parmana-sandbox.vercel.app/approval-issuers/changes', 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://parmana-sandbox.vercel.app/approval-issuers/changes",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'action' => 'add',
    'approverId' => 'manager-priya',
    'keyId' => 'manager-priya-key-1',
    'publicKeyPem' => '-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----
MCowBQYDK2VwAyEAEDuWHf+bbRY7J/Mr0RVmAKYHH5CDijTWhdnISXWLD6Y=
-----END PUBLIC KEY-----
',
    'reason' => 'Priya approves refunds for the West region from October.'
  ]),
  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://parmana-sandbox.vercel.app/approval-issuers/changes"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"action\": \"add\",\n  \"approverId\": \"manager-priya\",\n  \"keyId\": \"manager-priya-key-1\",\n  \"publicKeyPem\": \"-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----\\nMCowBQYDK2VwAyEAEDuWHf+bbRY7J/Mr0RVmAKYHH5CDijTWhdnISXWLD6Y=\\n-----END PUBLIC KEY-----\\n\",\n  \"reason\": \"Priya approves refunds for the West region from October.\"\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", 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.post("https://parmana-sandbox.vercel.app/approval-issuers/changes")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"action\": \"add\",\n  \"approverId\": \"manager-priya\",\n  \"keyId\": \"manager-priya-key-1\",\n  \"publicKeyPem\": \"-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----\\nMCowBQYDK2VwAyEAEDuWHf+bbRY7J/Mr0RVmAKYHH5CDijTWhdnISXWLD6Y=\\n-----END PUBLIC KEY-----\\n\",\n  \"reason\": \"Priya approves refunds for the West region from October.\"\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://parmana-sandbox.vercel.app/approval-issuers/changes")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"action\": \"add\",\n  \"approverId\": \"manager-priya\",\n  \"keyId\": \"manager-priya-key-1\",\n  \"publicKeyPem\": \"-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----\\nMCowBQYDK2VwAyEAEDuWHf+bbRY7J/Mr0RVmAKYHH5CDijTWhdnISXWLD6Y=\\n-----END PUBLIC KEY-----\\n\",\n  \"reason\": \"Priya approves refunds for the West region from October.\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "changeId": "ba7c5827-5844-4069-94fc-9b438ef08f78",
  "action": "add",
  "approverId": "manager-priya",
  "keyId": "manager-priya-key-1",
  "publicKeyPem": "-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----\nMCowBQYDK2VwAyEAEDuWHf+bbRY7J/Mr0RVmAKYHH5CDijTWhdnISXWLD6Y=\n-----END PUBLIC KEY-----\n",
  "reason": "Priya approves refunds for the West region from October.",
  "proposedBy": "human-maker",
  "proposedAt": "2026-09-28T19:05:59.726Z",
  "status": "PENDING_APPROVAL"
}

Authorizations

Authorization

string

header

default:2VfYWCzt_cBAPK-8uufX6ordfY2JuQhFPsohuEumKME

required

Caller API key issued by scripts/generate-api-key.ts. Sent as Authorization: Bearer . Verified against a stored SHA-256 hash in constant time by packages/api/src/auth/StaticKeyAuthenticator.ts. Required on every route not listed as exempt in this document's top-level description. See /api-reference/authentication.

Body

application/json

Request body for POST /approval-issuers/changes.

action

enum<string>

required

Available options:

add,

revoke

approverId

string

required

Pattern: ^[A-Za-z0-9._-]{1,128}$

keyId

string

required

Pattern: ^[A-Za-z0-9._-]{1,128}$

reason

string

required

Required string length: 1 - 2000

publicKeyPem

string

Required for add, not allowed for revoke. The .public.pem file scripts/generate-approver-key.ts writes.

Response

Proposed and waiting for a checker. Keep the changeId.

Response of POST /approval-issuers/changes (201) and of approve and reject (200). A bare Approver Change, no wrapper.

changeId

string

required

Unique id of the change, a UUID. The step up authorization for approve or reject names it in payload.pendingPolicyChangeId.

action

enum<string>

required

add trusts a new key; revoke stops trusting a key added this way, and every approval it ever signed.

Available options:

add,

revoke

approverId

string

required

The approver, as named in the payload.issuer.approverId of the approvals they sign.

Pattern: ^[A-Za-z0-9._-]{1,128}$

keyId

string

required

The approver's key, as named in payload.issuer.keyId. A key id is used once: a revoked key id cannot be added again.

Pattern: ^[A-Za-z0-9._-]{1,128}$

reason

string

required

Why, from the proposer.

Maximum string length: 2000

proposedBy

string

required

The proposer's caller id. Always a human credential.

proposedAt

string<date-time>

required

status

enum<string>

required

PENDING_APPROVAL until a second person approves or rejects it; then APPROVED or REJECTED, once.

Available options:

PENDING_APPROVAL,

APPROVED,

REJECTED

publicKeyPem

string

The approver's Ed25519 public key, PEM (SPKI), as the server stored it. Present on add, absent on revoke.

resolvedBy

string

Who approved or rejected it. Never the proposer.

resolvedAt

string<date-time>

rejectionReason

string

Present when REJECTED.

cURL

# Run in the folder that holds the new approver's public key file.
curl -X POST https://parmana-api-real.vercel.app/approval-issuers/changes \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $PARMANA_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data "$(jq -n --rawfile pem manager-priya__manager-priya-key-1.public.pem '{action: "add", approverId: "manager-priya", keyId: "manager-priya-key-1", publicKeyPem: $pem, reason: "Priya approves refunds for the West region from October."}')"

import { ParmanaClient } from "@parmana/sdk";
import { readFileSync } from "node:fs";

const client = new ParmanaClient({
  endpoint: "https://parmana-api-real.vercel.app",
  apiKey: process.env.PARMANA_API_KEY!,
});

const change = await client.proposeApproverChange({
  action: "add",
  approverId: "manager-priya",
  keyId: "manager-priya-key-1",
  publicKeyPem: readFileSync(
    "manager-priya__manager-priya-key-1.public.pem",
    "utf8",
  ),
  reason: "Priya approves refunds for the West region from October.",
});

console.log(change.changeId);

import os
from pathlib import Path

from parmana import ParmanaClient

client = ParmanaClient(
    endpoint="https://parmana-api-real.vercel.app",
    api_key=os.environ["PARMANA_API_KEY"],
)

change = client.approvers.propose_add(
    approver_id="manager-priya",
    key_id="manager-priya-key-1",
    public_key_pem=Path("manager-priya__manager-priya-key-1.public.pem").read_text(),
    reason="Priya approves refunds for the West region from October.",
)

print(change.change_id)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    action: 'add',
    approverId: 'manager-priya',
    keyId: 'manager-priya-key-1',
    publicKeyPem: '-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----\nMCowBQYDK2VwAyEAEDuWHf+bbRY7J/Mr0RVmAKYHH5CDijTWhdnISXWLD6Y=\n-----END PUBLIC KEY-----\n',
    reason: 'Priya approves refunds for the West region from October.'
  })
};

fetch('https://parmana-sandbox.vercel.app/approval-issuers/changes', 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://parmana-sandbox.vercel.app/approval-issuers/changes",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'action' => 'add',
    'approverId' => 'manager-priya',
    'keyId' => 'manager-priya-key-1',
    'publicKeyPem' => '-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----
MCowBQYDK2VwAyEAEDuWHf+bbRY7J/Mr0RVmAKYHH5CDijTWhdnISXWLD6Y=
-----END PUBLIC KEY-----
',
    'reason' => 'Priya approves refunds for the West region from October.'
  ]),
  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://parmana-sandbox.vercel.app/approval-issuers/changes"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"action\": \"add\",\n  \"approverId\": \"manager-priya\",\n  \"keyId\": \"manager-priya-key-1\",\n  \"publicKeyPem\": \"-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----\\nMCowBQYDK2VwAyEAEDuWHf+bbRY7J/Mr0RVmAKYHH5CDijTWhdnISXWLD6Y=\\n-----END PUBLIC KEY-----\\n\",\n  \"reason\": \"Priya approves refunds for the West region from October.\"\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", 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.post("https://parmana-sandbox.vercel.app/approval-issuers/changes")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"action\": \"add\",\n  \"approverId\": \"manager-priya\",\n  \"keyId\": \"manager-priya-key-1\",\n  \"publicKeyPem\": \"-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----\\nMCowBQYDK2VwAyEAEDuWHf+bbRY7J/Mr0RVmAKYHH5CDijTWhdnISXWLD6Y=\\n-----END PUBLIC KEY-----\\n\",\n  \"reason\": \"Priya approves refunds for the West region from October.\"\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://parmana-sandbox.vercel.app/approval-issuers/changes")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"action\": \"add\",\n  \"approverId\": \"manager-priya\",\n  \"keyId\": \"manager-priya-key-1\",\n  \"publicKeyPem\": \"-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----\\nMCowBQYDK2VwAyEAEDuWHf+bbRY7J/Mr0RVmAKYHH5CDijTWhdnISXWLD6Y=\\n-----END PUBLIC KEY-----\\n\",\n  \"reason\": \"Priya approves refunds for the West region from October.\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "changeId": "ba7c5827-5844-4069-94fc-9b438ef08f78",
  "action": "add",
  "approverId": "manager-priya",
  "keyId": "manager-priya-key-1",
  "publicKeyPem": "-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----\nMCowBQYDK2VwAyEAEDuWHf+bbRY7J/Mr0RVmAKYHH5CDijTWhdnISXWLD6Y=\n-----END PUBLIC KEY-----\n",
  "reason": "Priya approves refunds for the West region from October.",
  "proposedBy": "human-maker",
  "proposedAt": "2026-09-28T19:05:59.726Z",
  "status": "PENDING_APPROVAL"
}

REST API guide

Execution

Transactions

Verification

Receipts

Trust Records

Replay

Policies

Policy Governance

Approvers

External Connectors

Business Signal Sources

Authority Grants

Sandbox

Refusal Records

Execution Intents

Audit

System

Handbook

Propose adding or revoking an approver key

Authorizations

Body

Response