Creating and accessing secrets

This topic describes how to create a secret, add a secret version, and access a secret version. For information about managing secrets, see Managing secrets.

Note: To access the Secret Manager API from within a Compute Engine instance or a Google Kubernetes Engine node (which is also a Compute Engine instance), the instance or node must have the cloud-platform OAuth scope. For more information about access scopes in Compute Engine, see Service account permissions in the Compute Engine documentation.

Before you begin

Configure Secret Manager and your local environment, once per project.

Creating a secret

A secret contains one or more secret versions, along with metadata such as labels and replication information. The actual contents of a secret are stored in a secret version.

If you aren't sure which replication policy is right for your secret, see Choosing A Replication Policy.

Creating a secret requires the Secret Manager Admin role (roles/secretmanager.admin) on the project, folder, or organization.

Web UI

1. Go to the Secret Manager page in the Cloud Console.

   Go to the Secret Manager page

2. On the Secret Manager page, click Create Secret.

3. On the Create secret page, under Name, enter my-secret.

4. (Optional) In the Secret value field, enter abcd1234 to also add a secret version when creating the initial secret.

5. Leave the Regions section unchanged.

6. Click the Create secret button.

Command-line

To use Secret Manager on the command line, first Install or upgrade to version 306.0.0 or higher of the Cloud SDK.

$ gcloud secrets create secret-id \
    --replication-policy="automatic"

C#

To run this code, first set up a C# development environment and install the Secret Manager C# SDK.

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using Google.Api.Gax.ResourceNames;
using Google.Cloud.SecretManager.V1;

public class CreateSecretSample
{
    public Secret CreateSecret(
      string projectId = "my-project", string secretId = "my-secret")
    {
        // Create the client.
        SecretManagerServiceClient client = SecretManagerServiceClient.Create();

        // Build the parent resource name.
        ProjectName projectName = new ProjectName(projectId);

        // Build the secret.
        Secret secret = new Secret
        {
            Replication = new Replication
            {
                Automatic = new Replication.Types.Automatic(),
            },
        };

        // Call the API.
        Secret createdSecret = client.CreateSecret(projectName, secretId, secret);
        return createdSecret;
    }
}

Go

To run this code, first set up a Go development environment and install the Secret Manager Go SDK.

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import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"io"

	secretmanager "cloud.google.com/go/secretmanager/apiv1"
	secretmanagerpb "google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/cloud/secretmanager/v1"
)

// createSecret creates a new secret with the given name. A secret is a logical
// wrapper around a collection of secret versions. Secret versions hold the
// actual secret material.
func createSecret(w io.Writer, parent, id string) error {
	// parent := "projects/my-project"
	// id := "my-secret"

	// Create the client.
	ctx := context.Background()
	client, err := secretmanager.NewClient(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create secretmanager client: %v", err)
	}
	defer client.Close()

	// Build the request.
	req := &secretmanagerpb.CreateSecretRequest{
		Parent:   parent,
		SecretId: id,
		Secret: &secretmanagerpb.Secret{
			Replication: &secretmanagerpb.Replication{
				Replication: &secretmanagerpb.Replication_Automatic_{
					Automatic: &secretmanagerpb.Replication_Automatic{},
				},
			},
		},
	}

	// Call the API.
	result, err := client.CreateSecret(ctx, req)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create secret: %v", err)
	}
	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Created secret: %s\n", result.Name)
	return nil
}

Java

To run this code, first set up a Java development environment and install the Secret Manager Java SDK.

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import com.google.cloud.secretmanager.v1.ProjectName;
import com.google.cloud.secretmanager.v1.Replication;
import com.google.cloud.secretmanager.v1.Secret;
import com.google.cloud.secretmanager.v1.SecretManagerServiceClient;
import java.io.IOException;

public class CreateSecret {

  public static void createSecret() throws IOException {
    // TODO(developer): Replace these variables before running the sample.
    String projectId = "your-project-id";
    String secretId = "your-secret-id";
    createSecret(projectId, secretId);
  }

  // Add a new version to the existing secret.
  public static void createSecret(String projectId, String secretId) throws IOException {
    // Initialize client that will be used to send requests. This client only needs to be created
    // once, and can be reused for multiple requests. After completing all of your requests, call
    // the "close" method on the client to safely clean up any remaining background resources.
    try (SecretManagerServiceClient client = SecretManagerServiceClient.create()) {
      // Build the parent name from the project.
      ProjectName projectName = ProjectName.of(projectId);

      // Build the secret to create.
      Secret secret =
          Secret.newBuilder()
              .setReplication(
                  Replication.newBuilder()
                      .setAutomatic(Replication.Automatic.newBuilder().build())
                      .build())
              .build();

      // Create the secret.
      Secret createdSecret = client.createSecret(projectName, secretId, secret);
      System.out.printf("Created secret %s\n", createdSecret.getName());
    }
  }
}

Node.js

To run this code, first set up a Node.js development environment and install the Secret Manager Node.js SDK.

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/**
 * TODO(developer): Uncomment these variables before running the sample.
 */
// const parent = 'projects/my-project';
// const secretId = 'my-secret';

// Imports the Secret Manager library
const {SecretManagerServiceClient} = require('@google-cloud/secret-manager');

// Instantiates a client
const client = new SecretManagerServiceClient();

async function createSecret() {
  const [secret] = await client.createSecret({
    parent: parent,
    secretId: secretId,
    secret: {
      replication: {
        automatic: {},
      },
    },
  });

  console.log(`Created secret ${secret.name}`);
}

createSecret();

PHP

To run this code, first learn about using PHP on Google Cloud and install the Secret Manager PHP SDK.

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// Import the Secret Manager client library.
use Google\Cloud\SecretManager\V1\Replication;
use Google\Cloud\SecretManager\V1\Replication\Automatic;
use Google\Cloud\SecretManager\V1\Secret;
use Google\Cloud\SecretManager\V1\SecretManagerServiceClient;

/** Uncomment and populate these variables in your code */
// $projectId = 'YOUR_GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT' (e.g. 'my-project');
// $secretId = 'YOUR_SECRET_ID' (e.g. 'my-secret');

// Create the Secret Manager client.
$client = new SecretManagerServiceClient();

// Build the resource name of the parent project.
$parent = $client->projectName($projectId);

// Create the secret.
$secret = $client->createSecret($parent, $secretId,
    new Secret([
        'replication' => new Replication([
            'automatic' => new Automatic(),
        ]),
    ])
);

// Print the new secret name.
printf('Created secret: %s', $secret->getName());

Python

To run this code, first set up a Python development environment and install the Secret Manager Python SDK.

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def create_secret(project_id, secret_id):
    """
    Create a new secret with the given name. A secret is a logical wrapper
    around a collection of secret versions. Secret versions hold the actual
    secret material.
    """

    # Import the Secret Manager client library.
    from google.cloud import secretmanager

    # Create the Secret Manager client.
    client = secretmanager.SecretManagerServiceClient()

    # Build the resource name of the parent project.
    parent = f"projects/{project_id}"

    # Create the secret.
    response = client.create_secret(
        request={
            "parent": parent,
            "secret_id": secret_id,
            "secret": {"replication": {"automatic": {}}},
        }
    )

    # Print the new secret name.
    print("Created secret: {}".format(response.name))

Ruby

To run this code, first set up a Ruby development environment and install the Secret Manager Ruby SDK.

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# project_id = "YOUR-GOOGLE-CLOUD-PROJECT"  # (e.g. "my-project")
# secret_id  = "YOUR-SECRET-ID"             # (e.g. "my-secret")

# Require the Secret Manager client library.
require "google/cloud/secret_manager"

# Create a Secret Manager client.
client = Google::Cloud::SecretManager.secret_manager_service

# Build the resource name of the parent project.
parent = client.project_path project: project_id

# Create the secret.
secret = client.create_secret(
  parent:    parent,
  secret_id: secret_id,
  secret:    {
    replication: {
      automatic: {}
    }
  }
)

# Print the new secret name.
puts "Created secret: #{secret.name}"

API

These examples use curl to demonstrate using the API.

$ curl "https://secretmanager.googleapis.com/v1/projects/project-id/secrets?secretId=secret-id" \
    --request "POST" \
    --header "authorization: Bearer $(gcloud auth print-access-token)" \
    --header "content-type: application/json" \
    --header "x-goog-user-project: project-id" \
    --data "{\"replication\": {\"automatic\": {}}}"

Adding a secret version

A secret version contains the actual contents of a secret. A secret version can be enabled, disabled, or destroyed. To change the contents of a secret, you create a new version.

Adding a secret version requires the Secret Manager Admin role (roles/secretmanager.admin) on the secret, project, folder, or organization. Roles can't be granted on a secret version.

Web UI

1. Go to the Secret Manager page in the Cloud Console.

   Go to the Secret Manager page

2. On the Secret Manager page, click View more and select Add new version.

3. In the Add new version dialog, in the Secret value field, enter abcd1234.

4. Click the Add new version button.

Command-line

To use Secret Manager on the command line, first Install or upgrade to version 306.0.0 or higher of the Cloud SDK.

Add a secret version from the contents of a file on disk:

$ gcloud secrets versions add secret-id --data-file="/path/to/file.txt"

You can also add a secret version directly on the command line, but this is discouraged because the plaintext will appear in your shell history:

$ echo -n "this is my super secret data" | \
    gcloud secrets versions add secret-id --data-file=-

Optionally: Add a version from a file's contents when first creating a secret:

$ gcloud secrets create secret-id --data-file="/path/to/file.txt"

C#

To run this code, first set up a C# development environment and install the Secret Manager C# SDK.

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using System.Text;
using Google.Cloud.SecretManager.V1;
using Google.Protobuf;

public class AddSecretVersionSample
{
    public SecretVersion AddSecretVersion(
      string projectId = "my-project", string secretId = "my-secret",
      string data = "my secret data")
    {
        // Create the client.
        SecretManagerServiceClient client = SecretManagerServiceClient.Create();

        // Build the resource name.
        SecretName secretName = new SecretName(projectId, secretId);

        // Convert the payload to bytes.
        SecretPayload payload = new SecretPayload
        {
            Data = ByteString.CopyFrom(data, Encoding.UTF8),
        };

        // Call the API.
        SecretVersion version = client.AddSecretVersion(secretName, payload);
        return version;
    }
}

Go

To run this code, first set up a Go development environment and install the Secret Manager Go SDK.

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import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"io"

	secretmanager "cloud.google.com/go/secretmanager/apiv1"
	secretmanagerpb "google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/cloud/secretmanager/v1"
)

// addSecretVersion adds a new secret version to the given secret with the
// provided payload.
func addSecretVersion(w io.Writer, parent string) error {
	// parent := "projects/my-project/secrets/my-secret"

	// Declare the payload to store.
	payload := []byte("my super secret data")

	// Create the client.
	ctx := context.Background()
	client, err := secretmanager.NewClient(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create secretmanager client: %v", err)
	}
	defer client.Close()

	// Build the request.
	req := &secretmanagerpb.AddSecretVersionRequest{
		Parent: parent,
		Payload: &secretmanagerpb.SecretPayload{
			Data: payload,
		},
	}

	// Call the API.
	result, err := client.AddSecretVersion(ctx, req)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("failed to add secret version: %v", err)
	}
	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Added secret version: %s\n", result.Name)
	return nil
}

Java

To run this code, first set up a Java development environment and install the Secret Manager Java SDK.

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import com.google.cloud.secretmanager.v1.SecretManagerServiceClient;
import com.google.cloud.secretmanager.v1.SecretName;
import com.google.cloud.secretmanager.v1.SecretPayload;
import com.google.cloud.secretmanager.v1.SecretVersion;
import com.google.protobuf.ByteString;
import java.io.IOException;

public class AddSecretVersion {

  public static void addSecretVersion() throws IOException {
    // TODO(developer): Replace these variables before running the sample.
    String projectId = "your-project-id";
    String secretId = "your-secret-id";
    addSecretVersion(projectId, secretId);
  }

  // Add a new version to the existing secret.
  public static void addSecretVersion(String projectId, String secretId) throws IOException {
    // Initialize client that will be used to send requests. This client only needs to be created
    // once, and can be reused for multiple requests. After completing all of your requests, call
    // the "close" method on the client to safely clean up any remaining background resources.
    try (SecretManagerServiceClient client = SecretManagerServiceClient.create()) {
      SecretName secretName = SecretName.of(projectId, secretId);

      // Create the secret payload.
      SecretPayload payload =
          SecretPayload.newBuilder()
              .setData(ByteString.copyFromUtf8("my super secret data"))
              .build();

      // Add the secret version.
      SecretVersion version = client.addSecretVersion(secretName, payload);
      System.out.printf("Added secret version %s\n", version.getName());
    }
  }
}

Node.js

To run this code, first set up a Node.js development environment and install the Secret Manager Node.js SDK.

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/**
 * TODO(developer): Uncomment these variables before running the sample.
 */
// const parent = 'projects/my-project/secrets/my-secret';

// Imports the Secret Manager library
const {SecretManagerServiceClient} = require('@google-cloud/secret-manager');

// Instantiates a client
const client = new SecretManagerServiceClient();

// Payload is the plaintext data to store in the secret
const payload = Buffer.from('my super secret data', 'utf8');

async function addSecretVersion() {
  const [version] = await client.addSecretVersion({
    parent: parent,
    payload: {
      data: payload,
    },
  });

  console.log(`Added secret version ${version.name}`);
}

addSecretVersion();

PHP

To run this code, first learn about using PHP on Google Cloud and install the Secret Manager PHP SDK.

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// Import the Secret Manager client library.
use Google\Cloud\SecretManager\V1\SecretManagerServiceClient;
use Google\Cloud\SecretManager\V1\SecretPayload;

/** Uncomment and populate these variables in your code */
// $projectId = 'YOUR_GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT' (e.g. 'my-project');
// $secretId = 'YOUR_SECRET_ID' (e.g. 'my-secret');

// Create the Secret Manager client.
$client = new SecretManagerServiceClient();

// Build the resource name of the parent secret.
$parent = $client->secretName($projectId, $secretId);

// Access the secret version.
$response = $client->addSecretVersion($parent, new SecretPayload([
    'data' => 'my super secret data',
]));

// Print the new secret version name.
printf('Added secret version: %s', $response->getName());

Python

To run this code, first set up a Python development environment and install the Secret Manager Python SDK.

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def add_secret_version(project_id, secret_id, payload):
    """
    Add a new secret version to the given secret with the provided payload.
    """

    # Import the Secret Manager client library.
    from google.cloud import secretmanager

    # Create the Secret Manager client.
    client = secretmanager.SecretManagerServiceClient()

    # Build the resource name of the parent secret.
    parent = client.secret_path(project_id, secret_id)

    # Convert the string payload into a bytes. This step can be omitted if you
    # pass in bytes instead of a str for the payload argument.
    payload = payload.encode("UTF-8")

    # Add the secret version.
    response = client.add_secret_version(
        request={"parent": parent, "payload": {"data": payload}}
    )

    # Print the new secret version name.
    print("Added secret version: {}".format(response.name))

Ruby

To run this code, first set up a Ruby development environment and install the Secret Manager Ruby SDK.

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# project_id = "YOUR-GOOGLE-CLOUD-PROJECT"  # (e.g. "my-project")
# secret_id  = "YOUR-SECRET-ID"             # (e.g. "my-secret")

# Require the Secret Manager client library.
require "google/cloud/secret_manager"

# Create a Secret Manager client.
client = Google::Cloud::SecretManager.secret_manager_service

# Build the resource name of the secret version.
name = client.secret_path project: project_id, secret: secret_id

# Add the secret version.
version = client.add_secret_version(
  parent:  name,
  payload: {
    data: "my super secret data"
  }
)

# Print the new secret version name.
puts "Added secret version: #{version.name}"

API

These examples use curl to demonstrate using the API.

Base64-encode the secret data and save it as a shell variable.

$ SECRET_DATA=$(echo "seCr3t" | base64)

Invoke the API using curl.

$ curl "https://secretmanager.googleapis.com/v1/projects/project-id/secrets/secret-id:addVersion" \
    --request "POST" \
    --header "authorization: Bearer $(gcloud auth print-access-token)" \
    --header "content-type: application/json" \
    --header "x-goog-user-project: project-id" \
    --data "{\"payload\": {\"data\": \"${SECRET_DATA}\"}}"

Accessing a secret version

Accessing a secret version returns the secret contents, as well as additional metadata about the secret version. When you access a secret version, you specify its version-id. You can also access the latest version of a secret by specifying "latest" as the version.

Accessing a secret version requires the Secret Manager Secret Accessor role (roles/secretmanager.secretAccessor) on the secret, project, folder, or organization. IAM roles can't be granted on a secret version.

A note on resource consistency

In Secret Manager, adding a secret version and then immediately accessing that secret version is a strongly consistent operation. Other operations within Secret Manager are eventually consistent. Eventually consistent operations typically converge within minutes, but may take a few hours.

Propagating IAM permissions is eventually consistent. This means granting or revoking access to secrets may not take effect immediately. For more information, see the IAM documentation.

Web UI

1. Go to the Secret Manager page in the Cloud Console.

   Go to the Secret Manager page

2. On the Secret Manager page, click on the Name of a secret.

3. On the Secret details page, in the Versions table, locate a secret version to access.

4. In the Actions column, click View more.

5. Click View secret value from the menu.

6. You will see dialog that shows the secret version value. Click Done to finish.

Command-line

To use Secret Manager on the command line, first Install or upgrade to version 306.0.0 or higher of the Cloud SDK.

Cloud SDK versions prior to 306.0.0 logged the secret material in your home directory. Please upgrade or set core/disable_file_logging to true.

Access a secret version:

$ gcloud secrets versions access version-id --secret="secret-id"

Accessing a binary secret version:

Cloud SDK formats the output as UTF-8 which can corrupt binary secrets. To get the raw bytes, have Cloud SDK print the response as base64-encoded and decode.

$ gcloud secrets versions access version-id --secret="secret-id" --format='get(payload.data)' | tr '_-' '/+' | base64 -d

C#

To run this code, first set up a C# development environment and install the Secret Manager C# SDK.

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using System;
using Google.Cloud.SecretManager.V1;

public class AccessSecretVersionSample
{
    public String AccessSecretVersion(
      string projectId = "my-project", string secretId = "my-secret", string secretVersionId = "123")
    {
        // Create the client.
        SecretManagerServiceClient client = SecretManagerServiceClient.Create();

        // Build the resource name.
        SecretVersionName secretVersionName = new SecretVersionName(projectId, secretId, secretVersionId);

        // Call the API.
        AccessSecretVersionResponse result = client.AccessSecretVersion(secretVersionName);

        // Convert the payload to a string. Payloads are bytes by default.
        String payload = result.Payload.Data.ToStringUtf8();
        return payload;
    }
}

Go

To run this code, first set up a Go development environment and install the Secret Manager Go SDK.

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import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"io"

	secretmanager "cloud.google.com/go/secretmanager/apiv1"
	secretmanagerpb "google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/cloud/secretmanager/v1"
)

// accessSecretVersion accesses the payload for the given secret version if one
// exists. The version can be a version number as a string (e.g. "5") or an
// alias (e.g. "latest").
func accessSecretVersion(w io.Writer, name string) error {
	// name := "projects/my-project/secrets/my-secret/versions/5"
	// name := "projects/my-project/secrets/my-secret/versions/latest"

	// Create the client.
	ctx := context.Background()
	client, err := secretmanager.NewClient(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create secretmanager client: %v", err)
	}
	defer client.Close()

	// Build the request.
	req := &secretmanagerpb.AccessSecretVersionRequest{
		Name: name,
	}

	// Call the API.
	result, err := client.AccessSecretVersion(ctx, req)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("failed to access secret version: %v", err)
	}

	// WARNING: Do not print the secret in a production environment - this snippet
	// is showing how to access the secret material.
	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Plaintext: %s\n", string(result.Payload.Data))
	return nil
}

Java

To run this code, first set up a Java development environment and install the Secret Manager Java SDK.

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import com.google.cloud.secretmanager.v1.AccessSecretVersionResponse;
import com.google.cloud.secretmanager.v1.SecretManagerServiceClient;
import com.google.cloud.secretmanager.v1.SecretVersionName;
import java.io.IOException;

public class AccessSecretVersion {

  public static void accessSecretVersion() throws IOException {
    // TODO(developer): Replace these variables before running the sample.
    String projectId = "your-project-id";
    String secretId = "your-secret-id";
    String versionId = "your-version-id";
    accessSecretVersion(projectId, secretId, versionId);
  }

  // Access the payload for the given secret version if one exists. The version
  // can be a version number as a string (e.g. "5") or an alias (e.g. "latest").
  public static void accessSecretVersion(String projectId, String secretId, String versionId)
      throws IOException {
    // Initialize client that will be used to send requests. This client only needs to be created
    // once, and can be reused for multiple requests. After completing all of your requests, call
    // the "close" method on the client to safely clean up any remaining background resources.
    try (SecretManagerServiceClient client = SecretManagerServiceClient.create()) {
      SecretVersionName secretVersionName = SecretVersionName.of(projectId, secretId, versionId);

      // Access the secret version.
      AccessSecretVersionResponse response = client.accessSecretVersion(secretVersionName);

      // Print the secret payload.
      //
      // WARNING: Do not print the secret in a production environment - this
      // snippet is showing how to access the secret material.
      String payload = response.getPayload().getData().toStringUtf8();
      System.out.printf("Plaintext: %s\n", payload);
    }
  }
}

Node.js

To run this code, first set up a Node.js development environment and install the Secret Manager Node.js SDK.

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/**
 * TODO(developer): Uncomment these variables before running the sample.
 */
// const name = 'projects/my-project/secrets/my-secret/versions/5';
// const name = 'projects/my-project/secrets/my-secret/versions/latest';

// Imports the Secret Manager library
const {SecretManagerServiceClient} = require('@google-cloud/secret-manager');

// Instantiates a client
const client = new SecretManagerServiceClient();

async function accessSecretVersion() {
  const [version] = await client.accessSecretVersion({
    name: name,
  });

  // Extract the payload as a string.
  const payload = version.payload.data.toString();

  // WARNING: Do not print the secret in a production environment - this
  // snippet is showing how to access the secret material.
  console.info(`Payload: ${payload}`);
}

accessSecretVersion();

PHP

To run this code, first learn about using PHP on Google Cloud and install the Secret Manager PHP SDK.

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// Import the Secret Manager client library.
use Google\Cloud\SecretManager\V1\SecretManagerServiceClient;

/** Uncomment and populate these variables in your code */
// $projectId = 'YOUR_GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT' (e.g. 'my-project');
// $secretId = 'YOUR_SECRET_ID' (e.g. 'my-secret');
// $versionId = 'YOUR_VERSION_ID' (e.g. 'latest' or '5');

// Create the Secret Manager client.
$client = new SecretManagerServiceClient();

// Build the resource name of the secret version.
$name = $client->secretVersionName($projectId, $secretId, $versionId);

// Access the secret version.
$response = $client->accessSecretVersion($name);

// Print the secret payload.
//
// WARNING: Do not print the secret in a production environment - this
// snippet is showing how to access the secret material.
$payload = $response->getPayload()->getData();
printf('Plaintext: %s', $payload);

Python

To run this code, first set up a Python development environment and install the Secret Manager Python SDK.

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def access_secret_version(project_id, secret_id, version_id):
    """
    Access the payload for the given secret version if one exists. The version
    can be a version number as a string (e.g. "5") or an alias (e.g. "latest").
    """

    # Import the Secret Manager client library.
    from google.cloud import secretmanager

    # Create the Secret Manager client.
    client = secretmanager.SecretManagerServiceClient()

    # Build the resource name of the secret version.
    name = f"projects/{project_id}/secrets/{secret_id}/versions/{version_id}"

    # Access the secret version.
    response = client.access_secret_version(request={"name": name})

    # Print the secret payload.
    #
    # WARNING: Do not print the secret in a production environment - this
    # snippet is showing how to access the secret material.
    payload = response.payload.data.decode("UTF-8")
    print("Plaintext: {}".format(payload))

Ruby

To run this code, first set up a Ruby development environment and install the Secret Manager Ruby SDK.

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# project_id = "YOUR-GOOGLE-CLOUD-PROJECT"  # (e.g. "my-project")
# secret_id  = "YOUR-SECRET-ID"             # (e.g. "my-secret")
# version_id = "YOUR-VERSION"               # (e.g. "5" or "latest")

# Require the Secret Manager client library.
require "google/cloud/secret_manager"

# Create a Secret Manager client.
client = Google::Cloud::SecretManager.secret_manager_service

# Build the resource name of the secret version.
name = client.secret_version_path(
  project:        project_id,
  secret:         secret_id,
  secret_version: version_id
)

# Access the secret version.
version = client.access_secret_version name: name

# Print the secret payload.
#
# WARNING: Do not print the secret in a production environment - this
# snippet is showing how to access the secret material.
payload = version.payload.data
puts "Plaintext: #{payload}"

API

These examples use curl to demonstrate using the API.

$ curl "https://secretmanager.googleapis.com/v1/projects/project-id/secrets/secret-id/versions/version-id:access" \
    --request "GET" \
    --header "authorization: Bearer $(gcloud auth print-access-token)" \
    --header "content-type: application/json" \
    --header "x-goog-user-project: project-id"

The response payload.data is the base64-encoded contents of the secret version. Here is an example of extracting the secret using the jq tool:

$ curl "https://secretmanager.googleapis.com/v1/projects/project-id/secrets/secret-id/versions/version-id:access" \
    --request "GET" \
    --header "authorization: Bearer $(gcloud auth print-access-token)" \
    --header "content-type: application/json" \
    --header "x-goog-user-project: project-id" \
    | jq -r ".payload.data" | base64 --decode

What's next?

• Learn more about managing secrets and secret versions.
• Learn more about managing access to secrets.