def delete_key(self, key_id):
        """
        ::
        
            DELETE /:login/keys/:key
        
        :param key_id: identifier for an individual key record for the account
        :type key_id: :py:class:`basestring`
        
        Deletes an SSH key from the server identified by `key_id`.
        """
        j, r = self.request('DELETE', '/keys/' + str(key_id))
        r.raise_for_status()
        return j