---
title: "Create or update a secret"
method: POST
path: "/api/secrets"
tags: ["settings"]
---

# Create or update a secret

`POST /api/secrets`

[cloud-only] Stores a new secret or updates an existing one. Secrets are encrypted at rest.

## Request body

- object
  - `name` string, required — Secret name (unique per user)
  - `value` string, required — Secret value

## Response `201`

Secret created

- SecretResponse — [cloud-only] User secret metadata (the secret value itself is never returned after creation).
  - `id` string, uuid, required — Unique identifier for the secret
  - `name` string, required — User-provided label for the secret
  - `provider` string — Provider identifier (e.g., huggingface, civitai)
  - `last_used_at` string, date-time — When the secret was last used for decryption
  - `created_at` string, date-time, required — When the secret was created
  - `updated_at` string, date-time, required — When the secret was last updated

## Other responses

- `400` — Bad request
- `401` — Unauthorized
- `409` — Conflict - secret with this name or provider already exists
- `422` — Validation error
- `500` — Internal server error
- `503` — Service unavailable - secrets feature disabled

## Changes

- **2026-05-22** `c4db9e1283df` — 2 info
  - the response property `created_at` became required for the status `201`
  - the response property `updated_at` became required for the status `201`
- **2026-05-22** `09a5075587c8` — 4 info
  - added the non-success response with the status `409`
  - added the non-success response with the status `422`
  - added the non-success response with the status `500`
  - added the non-success response with the status `503`
- **2026-05-08** `c9640fded659` — 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/comfy-org/apis/comfyui-api/changes/api/secrets/post.md)

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