AWS Access Key Regex Pattern

Live Regex Tester

Pattern Breakdown

Code Examples

const regex = /(?:AKIA|ABIA|ACCA|ASIA)[0-9A-Z]{16}/;
const test = "AKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE";
console.log(regex.test(test)); // true

// Extract matches
const matches = test.match(regex);
console.log(matches);

import re

pattern = r'(?:AKIA|ABIA|ACCA|ASIA)[0-9A-Z]{16}'
test = "AKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE"
match = re.search(pattern, test)
print(match)  # Found!

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "regexp"
)

func main() {
    re := regexp.MustCompile(`(?:AKIA|ABIA|ACCA|ASIA)[0-9A-Z]{16}`)
    fmt.Println(re.MatchString("AKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE")) // true
}

Common Use Cases

Match Examples

About the AWS Access Key Regex

Matches AWS access key IDs that always start with AKIA (long-term) or ASIA (temporary STS) followed by 16 uppercase alphanumeric characters.

Regular expressions (regex) are powerful pattern matching tools used across virtually all programming languages. The aws access key pattern is classified as intermediate difficulty in the security & auth category. It works in all major programming languages.

When using this regex, always consider edge cases and test thoroughly with real-world data. Use the interactive tester above to validate the pattern against your specific inputs before deploying to production.

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