v56

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Get an organization secret

Gets a single organization secret without revealing its encrypted value.

The authenticated user must have collaborator access to a repository to create, update, or read secrets

OAuth tokens and personal access tokens (classic) need theadmin:org scope to use this endpoint. If the repository is private, OAuth tokens and personal access tokens (classic) need the repo scope to use this endpoint.

get/orgs/{org}/actions/secrets/{secret_name}

Path parameters

orgstring required

The organization name. The name is not case sensitive.

secret_namestring required

The name of the secret.

Response

namestring required

The name of the secret.

created_atstring date-time required

updated_atstring date-time required

visibility'all' | 'private' | 'selected' required

Visibility of a secret

selected_repositories_urlstring uri

Example response

{
  "name": "SECRET_TOKEN",
  "selected_repositories_url": "https://api.github.com/organizations/org/secrets/my_secret/repositories"
}