---
title: "Create or update a secret"
method: POST
path: "/v1/orgs/{orgId}/projects/{projectId}/secrets"
tags: ["Secrets"]
---

# Create or update a secret

`POST /v1/orgs/{orgId}/projects/{projectId}/secrets`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.spice.ai`
- URL: `https://api.spice.ai/v1/orgs/{orgId}/projects/{projectId}/secrets`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

The org is `orgId` in the path. Creates a new secret or updates an existing secret with the same name. The secret value is encrypted at rest.

## Path parameters

- `orgId` integer, required
- `projectId` integer, required

## Headers

- `X-Org-Name` string

## Request body

- object
  - `name` string, required: Secret name (must start with a letter or underscore, alphanumeric and underscores only)
  - `value` string, required: Secret value (will be encrypted at rest)

## Response `200`

Secret created or updated successfully

- Secret
  - `id` integer: Unique identifier for the secret
  - `name` string: Name of the secret
  - `value` string: Always masked with asterisks
  - `created_at` string, date-time: Timestamp when the secret was created
  - `updated_at` string, date-time: Timestamp when the secret was last updated

## Other responses

- `400`: Invalid request body or project ID. orgId is not a valid org id (`invalid_org_id`), or X-Org-Name does not name that org (`org_path_mismatch`).
- `401`: Unauthorized
- `403`: Insufficient scope. The caller is not a member of the org (`org_forbidden`). A machine credential named a different org (`org_assertion_mismatch`). The org is deleted (`org_deleted`).
- `404`: Project not found
- `500`: Internal server error

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