---
title: "Create or Update a secret value in a repository"
method: PUT
path: "/repos/{owner}/{repo}/actions/secrets/{secretname}"
tags: ["repository"]
---

# Create or Update a secret value in a repository

`PUT /repos/{owner}/{repo}/actions/secrets/{secretname}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://demo.gitea.com/api/v1`
- URL: `https://demo.gitea.com/api/v1/repos/{owner}/{repo}/actions/secrets/{secretname}`
- Auth: one of:
  - HTTP basic
  - API key in query parameter `token`
  - API key in query parameter `access_token`
  - API key in header `Authorization`
  - API key in query parameter `sudo`
  - API key in header `Sudo`
  - API key in header `X-GITEA-OTP`
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/gitea/apis/gitea-api/docs/repos/:owner/:repo/actions/secrets/:secretname/put.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

## Path parameters

- `owner` string, required
- `repo` string, required
- `secretname` string, required

## Request body

- CreateOrUpdateSecretOption: CreateOrUpdateSecretOption options when creating or updating secret
  - `data` string, required: Data of the secret to update
  - `description` string: Description of the secret to update

## Response `201`

response when creating a secret

## Other responses

- `204`: response when updating a secret
- `default`: APIError is error format response

## Changes

- **2026-10-28** `7ef50c4c527f`: 2 info
  - removed the non-success response with the status `400`
  - removed the non-success response with the status `404`

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/gitea/apis/gitea-api/changes/repos/:owner/:repo/actions/secrets/:secretname/put.md)

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