Destroy a secret with an ETag

Shows how to destroy the given secret version that contains an ETag, making the payload irrecoverable.

Code sample

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"

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

// destroySecretVersionWithEtag destroys the given secret version, making the payload
// irrecoverable. Other secrets versions are unaffected.
func destroySecretVersionWithEtag(name, etag string) error {
	// name := "projects/my-project/secrets/my-secret/versions/5"
	// etag := `"123"`

	// 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.DestroySecretVersionRequest{
		Name: name,
		Etag: etag,
	}

	// Call the API.
	if _, err := client.DestroySecretVersion(ctx, req); err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("failed to destroy secret version: %w", err)
	}
	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.DestroySecretVersionRequest;
import com.google.cloud.secretmanager.v1.SecretManagerServiceClient;
import com.google.cloud.secretmanager.v1.SecretVersion;
import com.google.cloud.secretmanager.v1.SecretVersionName;
import java.io.IOException;

public class DestroySecretVersionWithEtag {

  public static void destroySecretVersion() 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";
    // Including the quotes is important.
    String etag = "\"1234\"";
    destroySecretVersion(projectId, secretId, versionId, etag);
  }

  // Destroy an existing secret version.
  public static void destroySecretVersion(
      String projectId, String secretId, String versionId, String etag)
      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 name from the version.
      SecretVersionName secretVersionName = SecretVersionName.of(projectId, secretId, versionId);

      // Build the request.
      DestroySecretVersionRequest request =
          DestroySecretVersionRequest.newBuilder()
              .setName(secretVersionName.toString())
              .setEtag(etag)
              .build();

      // Destroy the secret version.
      SecretVersion version = client.destroySecretVersion(request);
      System.out.printf("Destroyed secret version %s\n", version.getName());
    }
  }
}

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.

def destroy_secret_version_with_etag(
    project_id: str, secret_id: str, version_id: str, etag: str
) -> secretmanager.DestroySecretVersionRequest:
    """
    Destroy the given secret version, making the payload irrecoverable. Other
    secrets versions are unaffected.
    """

    # Import the Secret Manager client library.
    from google.cloud import secretmanager
    from google.cloud.secretmanager_v1.types import service

    # 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}"

    # Build the request
    request = service.DestroySecretVersionRequest()
    request.name = name
    request.etag = etag

    # Destroy the secret version.
    response = client.destroy_secret_version(request=request)

    print(f"Destroyed secret version: {response.name}")

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