Access secret version

Gets the version of a secret.

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• Access a secret version

Code sample

C#

To learn how to install and use the client library for Secret Manager, see Secret Manager client libraries.

To authenticate to Secret Manager, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

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 learn how to install and use the client library for Secret Manager, see Secret Manager client libraries.

To authenticate to Secret Manager, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"hash/crc32"
	"io"

	secretmanager "cloud.google.com/go/secretmanager/apiv1"
	"cloud.google.com/go/secretmanager/apiv1/secretmanagerpb"
)

// 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: %w", 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: %w", err)
	}

	// Verify the data checksum.
	crc32c := crc32.MakeTable(crc32.Castagnoli)
	checksum := int64(crc32.Checksum(result.Payload.Data, crc32c))
	if checksum != *result.Payload.DataCrc32C {
		return fmt.Errorf("Data corruption detected.")
	}

	// 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 learn how to install and use the client library for Secret Manager, see Secret Manager client libraries.

To authenticate to Secret Manager, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

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;
import java.util.zip.CRC32C;
import java.util.zip.Checksum;

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);

      // Verify checksum. The used library is available in Java 9+.
      // If using Java 8, you may use the following:
      // https://github.com/google/guava/blob/e62d6a0456420d295089a9c319b7593a3eae4a83/guava/src/com/google/common/hash/Hashing.java#L395
      byte[] data = response.getPayload().getData().toByteArray();
      Checksum checksum = new CRC32C();
      checksum.update(data, 0, data.length);
      if (response.getPayload().getDataCrc32C() != checksum.getValue()) {
        System.out.printf("Data corruption detected.");
        return;
      }

      // 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 learn how to install and use the client library for Secret Manager, see Secret Manager client libraries.

To authenticate to Secret Manager, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

/**
 * 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 learn how to install and use the client library for Secret Manager, see Secret Manager client libraries.

To authenticate to Secret Manager, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

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

/**
 * @param string $projectId Your Google Cloud Project ID (e.g. 'my-project')
 * @param string $secretId  Your secret ID (e.g. 'my-secret')
 * @param string $versionId Your version ID (e.g. 'latest' or '5');
 */
function access_secret_version(string $projectId, string $secretId, string $versionId): void
{
    // Create the Secret Manager client.
    $client = new SecretManagerServiceClient();

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

    // Build the request.
    $request = AccessSecretVersionRequest::build($name);

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

    // 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 learn how to install and use the client library for Secret Manager, see Secret Manager client libraries.

To authenticate to Secret Manager, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

from google.cloud import secretmanager
import google_crc32c


def access_secret_version(
    project_id: str, secret_id: str, version_id: str
) -> secretmanager.AccessSecretVersionResponse:
    """
    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").
    """

    # 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})

    # Verify payload checksum.
    crc32c = google_crc32c.Checksum()
    crc32c.update(response.payload.data)
    if response.payload.data_crc32c != int(crc32c.hexdigest(), 16):
        print("Data corruption detected.")
        return response

    # 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(f"Plaintext: {payload}")

Ruby

To learn how to install and use the client library for Secret Manager, see Secret Manager client libraries.

To authenticate to Secret Manager, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

# 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}"

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