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Get an environment secret

GET
/repos/{owner}/{repo}/environments/{environment_name}/secrets/{secret_name}

Gets a single environment secret without revealing its encrypted value.

Authenticated users must have collaborator access to a repository to create, update, or read secrets.

OAuth tokens and personal access tokens (classic) need the repo scope to use this endpoint.

API method documentation

owner
required
string

The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.

repo
required
string

The name of the repository without the .git extension. The name is not case sensitive.

environment_name
required
string

The name of the environment. The name must be URL encoded. For example, any slashes in the name must be replaced with %2F.

secret_name
required
string

The name of the secret.

Response

Media type application/json
Actions Secret

Set secrets for GitHub Actions.

object
name
required

The name of the secret.

string
created_at
required
string format: date-time
updated_at
required
string format: date-time
Examples
Example default
{
"name": "GH_TOKEN",
"created_at": "2019-08-10T14:59:22Z",
"updated_at": "2020-01-10T14:59:22Z"
}