Method: projects.secrets.versions.access

Accesses aSecretVersion. This call returns the secret data.

projects/*/secrets/*/versions/latest is an alias to the most recently createdSecretVersion.

HTTP request

GET https://secretmanager.googleapis.com/v1/{name=projects/*/secrets/*/versions/*}:access

The URL usesgRPC Transcoding syntax.

Path parameters

Parameters
name

string

Required. The resource name of theSecretVersion in the formatprojects/*/secrets/*/versions/*.

projects/*/secrets/*/versions/latest is an alias to the most recently createdSecretVersion.

Authorization requires the followingIAM permission on the specified resourcename:

  • secretmanager.versions.access

Request body

The request body must be empty.

Response body

If successful, the response body contains data with the following structure:

Response message forSecretManagerService.AccessSecretVersion.

JSON representation
{"name":string,"payload":{object (SecretPayload)}}
Fields
name

string

The resource name of theSecretVersion in the formatprojects/*/secrets/*/versions/*.

payload

object (SecretPayload)

Secret payload

Authorization Scopes

Requires the following OAuth scope:

  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform

For more information, see theAuthentication Overview.

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Last updated 2025-05-14 UTC.