AWS SDK Version 3 for .NET
API Reference

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Container for the parameters to the GetSecretValue operation. Retrieves the contents of the encrypted fields SecretString or SecretBinary from the specified version of a secret, whichever contains content.

To retrieve the values for a group of secrets, call BatchGetSecretValue.

We recommend that you cache your secret values by using client-side caching. Caching secrets improves speed and reduces your costs. For more information, see Cache secrets for your applications.

To retrieve the previous version of a secret, use VersionStage and specify AWSPREVIOUS. To revert to the previous version of a secret, call UpdateSecretVersionStage.

Secrets Manager generates a CloudTrail log entry when you call this action. Do not include sensitive information in request parameters because it might be logged. For more information, see Logging Secrets Manager events with CloudTrail.

Required permissions: secretsmanager:GetSecretValue. If the secret is encrypted using a customer-managed key instead of the Amazon Web Services managed key aws/secretsmanager, then you also need kms:Decrypt permissions for that key. For more information, see IAM policy actions for Secrets Manager and Authentication and access control in Secrets Manager.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  Amazon.Runtime.AmazonWebServiceRequest
    Amazon.SecretsManager.AmazonSecretsManagerRequest
      Amazon.SecretsManager.Model.GetSecretValueRequest

Namespace: Amazon.SecretsManager.Model
Assembly: AWSSDK.SecretsManager.dll
Version: 3.x.y.z

Syntax

C#
public class GetSecretValueRequest : AmazonSecretsManagerRequest
         IAmazonWebServiceRequest

The GetSecretValueRequest type exposes the following members

Constructors

NameDescription
Public Method GetSecretValueRequest()

Properties

NameTypeDescription
Public Property SecretId System.String

Gets and sets the property SecretId.

The ARN or name of the secret to retrieve. To retrieve a secret from another account, you must use an ARN.

For an ARN, we recommend that you specify a complete ARN rather than a partial ARN. See Finding a secret from a partial ARN.

Public Property VersionId System.String

Gets and sets the property VersionId.

The unique identifier of the version of the secret to retrieve. If you include both this parameter and VersionStage, the two parameters must refer to the same secret version. If you don't specify either a VersionStage or VersionId, then Secrets Manager returns the AWSCURRENT version.

This value is typically a UUID-type value with 32 hexadecimal digits.

Public Property VersionStage System.String

Gets and sets the property VersionStage.

The staging label of the version of the secret to retrieve.

Secrets Manager uses staging labels to keep track of different versions during the rotation process. If you include both this parameter and VersionId, the two parameters must refer to the same secret version. If you don't specify either a VersionStage or VersionId, Secrets Manager returns the AWSCURRENT version.

Examples

The following example shows how to retrieve a secret string value.

To retrieve the encrypted secret value of a secret


var client = new AmazonSecretsManagerClient();
var response = client.GetSecretValue(new GetSecretValueRequest 
{
    SecretId = "MyTestDatabaseSecret"
});

string arn = response.ARN;
DateTime createdDate = response.CreatedDate;
string name = response.Name;
string secretString = response.SecretString;
string versionId = response.VersionId;
List<string> versionStages = response.VersionStages;

            

Version Information

.NET:
Supported in: 8.0 and newer, Core 3.1

.NET Standard:
Supported in: 2.0

.NET Framework:
Supported in: 4.5 and newer, 3.5