Create a secret

POST/accounts/{account_id}/secrets_store/stores/{store_id}/secrets

Creates a secret in the account

Security

API Email + API Key

The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API, used in conjunction with a Global API key.

Example:X-Auth-Email: user@example.com

The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. When possible, use API tokens instead of Global API keys.

Example:X-Auth-Key: 144c9defac04969c7bfad8efaa8ea194

Accepted Permissions (at least one required)

Secrets Store Write

Path ParametersExpand Collapse

account_id: string

Account Identifier

maxLength32

store_id: string

Store Identifier

maxLength32

Body ParametersJSONExpand Collapse

body: array of { name, scopes, value, comment }

The name of the secret

scopes: array of string

The list of services that can use this secret.

value: string

The value of the secret. Note that this is ‘write only’ - no API reponse will provide this value, it is only used to create/modify secrets.

comment: optional string

Freeform text describing the secret

ReturnsExpand Collapse

errors: array of { code, message, documentation_url, source }

code: number

minimum1000

message: string

documentation_url: optional string

source: optional { pointer }

pointer: optional string

messages: array of { code, message, documentation_url, source }

code: number

minimum1000

message: string

documentation_url: optional string

source: optional { pointer }

pointer: optional string

success: true

Whether the API call was successful.

result: optional array of { id, created, modified, 4 more }

id: string

Secret identifier tag.

maxLength32

created: string

Whenthe secret was created.

formatdate-time

modified: string

When the secret was modified.

formatdate-time

The name of the secret

status: "pending" or "active" or "deleted"

One of the following:

"pending"

"active"

"deleted"

store_id: string

Store Identifier

maxLength32

comment: optional string

Freeform text describing the secret

result_info: optional { count, page, per_page, total_count }

Total number of results for the requested service.

page: optional number

Current page within paginated list of results.

per_page: optional number

Number of results per page of results.

total_count: optional number

Total results available without any search parameters.

Create a secret

curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/$ACCOUNT_ID/secrets_store/stores/$STORE_ID/secrets \
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    -H "X-Auth-Email: $CLOUDFLARE_EMAIL" \
    -H "X-Auth-Key: $CLOUDFLARE_API_KEY" \
    -d '[
          {
            "name": "MY_API_KEY",
            "scopes": [
              "workers",
              "ai_gateway",
              "dex",
              "access"
            ],
            "value": "api-token-secret-123",
            "comment": "info about my secret"
          }
        ]'

{
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "messages": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "success": true,
  "result": [
    {
      "id": "3fd85f74b32742f1bff64a85009dda07",
      "created": "2023-09-21T18:56:32.624632Z",
      "modified": "2023-09-21T18:56:32.624632Z",
      "name": "MY_API_KEY",
      "status": "pending",
      "store_id": "023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353",
      "comment": "info about my secret"
    }
  ],
  "result_info": {
    "count": 1,
    "page": 1,
    "per_page": 20,
    "total_count": 2000
  }
}

Returns Examples

{
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "messages": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "success": true,
  "result": [
    {
      "id": "3fd85f74b32742f1bff64a85009dda07",
      "created": "2023-09-21T18:56:32.624632Z",
      "modified": "2023-09-21T18:56:32.624632Z",
      "name": "MY_API_KEY",
      "status": "pending",
      "store_id": "023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353",
      "comment": "info about my secret"
    }
  ],
  "result_info": {
    "count": 1,
    "page": 1,
    "per_page": 20,
    "total_count": 2000
  }
}