---
title: "POST /esm-get"
method: POST
path: "/esm-get"
tags: ["General"]
---

# POST /esm-get

`POST /esm-get`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.akeyless.io`
- URL: `https://api.akeyless.io/esm-get`
- Auth: none declared

## Request body

- EsmGet: esmGet is a command that gets the value and interal details of a secret from an External Secrets Manager
  - `esm-name` string, required: Name of the External Secrets Manager item
  - `json` boolean: Set output format to JSON
  - `secret-id` string, required: The secret id (or name, for AWS, Azure or K8s targets) to get from the External Secrets Manager
  - `token` string: Authentication token (see `/auth` and `/configure`)
  - `uid-token` string: The universal identity token, Required only for universal_identity authentication

## Response `200`

esmGetResponse wraps response body.

- EsmGetSecretOutput
  - `activation_date` string, date-time
  - `binary_value` boolean
  - `encryption_key` string
  - `expiration` string, date-time
  - `id` string
  - `metadata` unknown
  - `name` string
  - `value` string
  - `version_id` string
  - `version_ids` string[]
  - `warnings` string[]

## Other responses

- `default`: errorResponse wraps any error to return it as a JSON object with one "error" field.

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