---
title: "Temporarily stash encrypted data"
method: POST
path: "/api/stash_data"
tags: ["System"]
---

# Temporarily stash encrypted data

`POST /api/stash_data`

Accepts a JSON object, encrypts it, stores it temporarily, and returns
the `stash_key` and `secret` needed to retrieve it later.

## Request body

- object
  - `data` unknown, required
  - `expire` integer — Seconds to keep the data (default 7776000 = 90 days).
  - `raw` 0 | 1 — Set to 1 to skip date/DAObject conversion.

## Response `200`

Data stashed.

- object
  - `stash_key` string, required
  - `secret` string, required

## Other responses

- `400` — Bad request.
- `403` — Access denied.

---

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