Question 1

What does the AWS Access Key ID regex pattern do?

Accepted Answer

Matches AWS access key IDs: prefix AKIA (long-term) or ASIA (temporary STS) followed by exactly 16 uppercase alphanumeric characters.

Question 2

How do I use the AWS Access Key ID regex in JavaScript?

Accepted Answer

Use the pattern /(?:AKIA|ASIA)[A-Z0-9]{16}/g with the String.match() or String.matchAll() method. For example: const matches = text.match(/(?:AKIA|ASIA)[A-Z0-9]{16}/g);

Question 3

What regex flags does this pattern use?

Accepted Answer

This pattern uses the global flag (g). The global flag finds all matches in the input, not just the first.

Question 4

Which programming languages support this regex?

Accepted Answer

Fully supported in JS, PYTHON, JAVA, PHP, GO

Question 5

What strings does this regex match?

Accepted Answer

This pattern matches strings like: AKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE, ASIAJEXAMPLEKEY12345. It does not match strings like: AKID1234567890123456, akia-lowercase-key, AKIA_too_short.

Language	Support
JS	Full support
PYTHON	Full support
JAVA	Full support
PHP	Full support
GO	Full support

AWS Access Key ID

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AWS Secret Key

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Generic API Key Pattern