v56

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actions

Create or update a repository secret

Creates or updates a repository secret with an encrypted value. Encrypt your secret using LibSodium. For more information, see "Encrypting secrets for the REST API."

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.

put/repos/{owner}/{repo}/actions/secrets/{secret_name}

ownerstring required

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

repostring required

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

secret_namestring required

The name of the secret.

encrypted_valuestring required

Value for your secret, encrypted with LibSodium using the public key retrieved from the Get a repository public key endpoint.

key_idstring required

ID of the key you used to encrypt the secret.

Response when creating a secret

EmptyObject required

An object without any properties.