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---
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layout: api
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page_title: KV - Secrets Engines - HTTP API
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sidebar_title: K/V Version 1
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description: This is the API documentation for the Vault KV secrets engine.
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---
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# KV Secrets Engine - Version 1 (API)
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This is the API documentation for the Vault KV secrets engine. For general
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information about the usage and operation of the kv secrets engine, please
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see the [Vault kv documentation](/docs/secrets/kv).
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This documentation assumes the kv secrets engine is enabled at the
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`/secret` path in Vault. Since it is possible to enable secrets engines at any
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location, please update your API calls accordingly.
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## Read Secret
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This endpoint retrieves the secret at the specified location.
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| Method | Path |
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| :----- | :-------------- |
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| `GET` | `/secret/:path` |
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### Parameters
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- `path` `(string: <required>)` – Specifies the path of the secret to read.
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This is specified as part of the URL.
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### Sample Request
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```shell-session
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$ curl \
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--header "X-Vault-Token: ..." \
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https://127.0.0.1:8200/v1/secret/my-secret
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```
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### Sample Response
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```json
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{
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"auth": null,
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"data": {
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"foo": "bar",
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"ttl": "1h"
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},
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"lease_duration": 3600,
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"lease_id": "",
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"renewable": false
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}
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```
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_Note_: the `lease_duration` field, which will be populated if a "ttl" field
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was included in the data, is advisory. No lease is created. This is a way for
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writers to indicate how often a given value should be re-read by the client.
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See the [Vault KV secrets engine documentation](/docs/secrets/kv)
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for more details.
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## List Secrets
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This endpoint returns a list of key names at the specified location. Folders are
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suffixed with `/`. The input must be a folder; list on a file will not return a
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value. Note that no policy-based filtering is performed on keys; do not encode
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sensitive information in key names. The values themselves are not accessible via
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this command.
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| Method | Path |
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| :----- | :-------------- |
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| `LIST` | `/secret/:path` |
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### Parameters
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- `path` `(string: <required>)` – Specifies the path of the secrets to list.
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This is specified as part of the URL.
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### Sample Request
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```shell-session
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$ curl \
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--header "X-Vault-Token: ..." \
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--request LIST \
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https://127.0.0.1:8200/v1/secret/my-secret
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```
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### Sample Response
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The example below shows output for a query path of `secret/` when there are
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secrets at `secret/foo` and `secret/foo/bar`; note the difference in the two
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entries.
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```json
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{
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"auth": null,
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"data": {
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"keys": ["foo", "foo/"]
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},
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"lease_duration": 2764800,
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"lease_id": "",
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"renewable": false
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}
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```
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## Create/Update Secret
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This endpoint stores a secret at the specified location. If the value does not
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yet exist, the calling token must have an ACL policy granting the `create`
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capability. If the value already exists, the calling token must have an ACL
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policy granting the `update` capability.
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| Method | Path |
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| :----- | :-------------- |
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| `POST` | `/secret/:path` |
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| `PUT` | `/secret/:path` |
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### Parameters
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- `path` `(string: <required>)` – Specifies the path of the secrets to
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create/update. This is specified as part of the URL.
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- `:key` `(string: "")` – Specifies a key, paired with an associated value, to
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be held at the given location. Multiple key/value pairs can be specified, and
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all will be returned on a read operation. A key called `ttl` will trigger
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some special behavior. See the [Vault KV secrets engine
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documentation](/docs/secrets/kv) for details.
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### Sample Payload
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```json
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{
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"foo": "bar",
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"zip": "zap"
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}
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```
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### Sample Request
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```shell-session
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$ curl \
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--header "X-Vault-Token: ..." \
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--request POST \
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--data @payload.json \
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https://127.0.0.1:8200/v1/secret/my-secret
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```
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## Delete Secret
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This endpoint deletes the secret at the specified location.
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| Method | Path |
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| :------- | :-------------- |
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| `DELETE` | `/secret/:path` |
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### Parameters
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- `path` `(string: <required>)` – Specifies the path of the secret to delete.
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This is specified as part of the URL.
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### Sample Request
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```shell-session
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$ curl \
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--header "X-Vault-Token: ..." \
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--request DELETE \
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https://127.0.0.1:8200/v1/secret/my-secret
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```
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