the add patch operation for a list of (path, value) tuples on an ApiKey resource list path

def _api_key_patch_add(conn, apiKey, pvlist):
    '''
    the add patch operation for a list of (path, value) tuples on an ApiKey resource list path
    '''
    response = conn.update_api_key(apiKey=apiKey,
                                   patchOperations=_api_key_patchops('add', pvlist))
    return response