---
title: "Create Monitor Secret"
method: POST
path: "/monitor-secret"
tags: ["Monitor Secret"]
---

# Create Monitor Secret

`POST /monitor-secret`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://oneuptime.com/api`
- URL: `https://oneuptime.com/api/monitor-secret`
- Auth: API key in header `APIKey`
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/oneuptime/apis/oneuptime-openapi-specification/docs/monitor-secret/post.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Endpoint to create a new Monitor Secret

## Request body

- object
  - `data` MonitorSecretCreateSchema, required: Create schema for MonitorSecret model. Create
    - `projectId` string, uuid: ID of your OneUptime Project in which this object belongs. Permissions - Create: [Project Owner, Project Admin, Create Monitor Secret], Read: [Project Owner, Project Admin, Read Monitor Secret], Update: [No access - you don't have permission for this operation]
    - `name` string, required: Any friendly name of this object. Permissions - Create: [Project Owner, Project Admin, Create Monitor Secret], Read: [Project Owner, Project Admin, Read Monitor Secret], Update: [Project Owner, Project Admin, Edit Monitor Secret]
    - `description` string: Friendly description that will help you remember. Permissions - Create: [Project Owner, Project Admin, Create Monitor Secret], Read: [Project Owner, Project Admin, Read Monitor Secret], Update: [Project Owner, Project Admin, Edit Monitor Secret]
    - `secretValue` string, password: Secret value that you want to store in this object. This value will be encrypted and only accessible by the probe. Permissions - Create: [Project Owner, Project Admin, Create Monitor Secret], Read: [No access - you don't have permission for this operation], Update: [Project Owner, Project Admin, Edit Monitor Secret]
    - `monitorAccess` 'All Monitors' | 'Specific Monitors' | 'Monitors With Labels': Which monitors can use this secret. All Monitors: every monitor in this project, including monitors created later. Specific Monitors: only the monitors in Monitors. Monitors With Labels: monitors that carry at least one of the labels in Labels. Setting this empties whichever of Monitors and Labels it does not use. Permissions - Create: [Project Owner, Project Admin, Create Monitor Secret], Read: [Project Owner, Project Admin, Read Monitor Secret], Update: [Project Owner, Project Admin, Edit Monitor Secret]
    - `monitors` object[]: The monitors that can use this secret when Monitor Access is Specific Monitors. Ignored otherwise. Permissions - Create: [Project Owner, Project Admin, Create Monitor Secret], Read: [Project Owner, Project Admin, Read Monitor Secret], Update: [Project Owner, Project Admin, Edit Monitor Secret]
      - `id` string
    - `labels` object[]: When Monitor Access is Monitors With Labels, monitors that carry at least one of these labels can use this secret. Ignored otherwise. Permissions - Create: [Project Owner, Project Admin, Create Monitor Secret], Read: [Project Owner, Project Admin, Read Monitor Secret], Update: [Project Owner, Project Admin, Edit Monitor Secret]
      - `id` string

## Response `201`

Created successfully

- object
  - `data` MonitorSecretReadSchema: Read schema for MonitorSecret model. Read
    - `_id` string, uuid: ID of this object. Permissions - Create: [Project Owner, Project Admin, Create Monitor Secret], Read: [Project Owner, Project Admin, Read Monitor Secret], Update: [Project Owner, Project Admin, Edit Monitor Secret]
    - `createdAt` object: Date and Time when the object was created. Permissions - Create: [Project Owner, Project Admin, Create Monitor Secret], Read: [Project Owner, Project Admin, Read Monitor Secret], Update: [Project Owner, Project Admin, Edit Monitor Secret]
    - `updatedAt` object: Date and Time when the object was updated. Permissions - Create: [Project Owner, Project Admin, Create Monitor Secret], Read: [Project Owner, Project Admin, Read Monitor Secret], Update: [Project Owner, Project Admin, Edit Monitor Secret]
    - `deletedAt` object: Date and Time when the object was deleted. Permissions - Create: [Project Owner, Project Admin, Create Monitor Secret], Read: [Project Owner, Project Admin, Read Monitor Secret], Update: [Project Owner, Project Admin, Edit Monitor Secret]
    - `projectId` string, uuid: ID of your OneUptime Project in which this object belongs. Permissions - Create: [Project Owner, Project Admin, Create Monitor Secret], Read: [Project Owner, Project Admin, Read Monitor Secret], Update: [No access - you don't have permission for this operation]
    - `name` string, required: Any friendly name of this object. Permissions - Create: [Project Owner, Project Admin, Create Monitor Secret], Read: [Project Owner, Project Admin, Read Monitor Secret], Update: [Project Owner, Project Admin, Edit Monitor Secret]
    - `description` string: Friendly description that will help you remember. Permissions - Create: [Project Owner, Project Admin, Create Monitor Secret], Read: [Project Owner, Project Admin, Read Monitor Secret], Update: [Project Owner, Project Admin, Edit Monitor Secret]
    - `monitorAccess` 'All Monitors' | 'Specific Monitors' | 'Monitors With Labels': Which monitors can use this secret. All Monitors: every monitor in this project, including monitors created later. Specific Monitors: only the monitors in Monitors. Monitors With Labels: monitors that carry at least one of the labels in Labels. Setting this empties whichever of Monitors and Labels it does not use. Permissions - Create: [Project Owner, Project Admin, Create Monitor Secret], Read: [Project Owner, Project Admin, Read Monitor Secret], Update: [Project Owner, Project Admin, Edit Monitor Secret]
    - `monitors` object[]: The monitors that can use this secret when Monitor Access is Specific Monitors. Ignored otherwise. Permissions - Create: [Project Owner, Project Admin, Create Monitor Secret], Read: [Project Owner, Project Admin, Read Monitor Secret], Update: [Project Owner, Project Admin, Edit Monitor Secret]
      - `id` string
    - `labels` object[]: When Monitor Access is Monitors With Labels, monitors that carry at least one of these labels can use this secret. Ignored otherwise. Permissions - Create: [Project Owner, Project Admin, Create Monitor Secret], Read: [Project Owner, Project Admin, Read Monitor Secret], Update: [Project Owner, Project Admin, Edit Monitor Secret]
      - `id` string
    - `createdByUserId` string, uuid: User ID who created this object (if this object was created by a User). Permissions - Create: [No access - you don't have permission for this operation], Read: [Project Owner, Project Admin, Read Monitor Secret], Update: [No access - you don't have permission for this operation]
    - `deletedByUserId` string, uuid: User ID who deleted this object (if this object was deleted by a User). Permissions - Create: [No access - you don't have permission for this operation], Read: [Project Owner, Project Admin, Read Monitor Secret], Update: [No access - you don't have permission for this operation]

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad request. This response indicates that the request was malformed or contained invalid data.
- `401`: Unauthorized. This response indicates that the request requires user authentication.
- `402`: Payment Required. This response indicates that the request requires payment or a valid subscription.
- `403`: Forbidden. This response indicates that the server understood the request, but refuses to authorize it.
- `405`: Project not found. This response indicates that the requested project does not exist or is not accessible.
- `408`: Request Timeout. This response indicates that the server timed out waiting for the request.
- `415`: Unable to reach server. This response indicates that the server is currently unreachable or down.
- `422`: Not authorized. This response indicates that the user does not have permission to access the requested resource.
- `500`: Internal Server Error. This response indicates that the server encountered an unexpected condition that prevented it from fulfilling the request.

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