def associate_api_key_stagekeys(apiKey, stagekeyslist, region=None, key=None, keyid=None, profile=None):
    '''
    associate the given stagekeyslist to the given apiKey.

    CLI Example:

    .. code-block:: bash

        salt myminion boto_apigateway.associate_stagekeys_api_key \\
                api_key '["restapi id/stage name", ...]'

    '''
    try:
        conn = _get_conn(region=region, key=key, keyid=keyid, profile=profile)
        pvlist = [('/stages', stagekey) for stagekey in stagekeyslist]
        response = _api_key_patch_add(conn, apiKey, pvlist)
        return {'associated': True, 'apiKey': _convert_datetime_str(response)}
    except ClientError as e:
        return {'associated': False, 'error': __utils__['boto3.get_error'](e)}