---
title: "Create Secret"
method: POST
path: "/api/v1/secrets"
tags: ["secrets"]
---

# Create Secret

`POST /api/v1/secrets`

## Request body

- CreateSecretRequest
  - `name` string, required — Name to reference the secret by; unique among live secrets.
  - `value` string, required — The secret value. Write-only — never returned after creation.
  - `description` string, nullable — Optional human-readable description.

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- CreateSecretResponse
  - `secret` Secret, required
    - `secret_id` string, required — Opaque identifier used to reference the secret.
    - `name` string, required — Name the secret is referenced by (e.g. in ${secret:NAME}).
    - `description` string, nullable — Optional human-readable description.
    - `byte_length` integer, required — Length of the secret value in UTF-8 bytes.
    - `created_at` union — UTC timestamp the secret was created.
      - string
      - string, date-time
    - `updated_at` union — UTC timestamp the secret was last updated.
      - string
      - string, date-time

---

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