@google-cloud/secret-manager

What is @google-cloud/secret-manager?

@google-cloud/secret-manager is a Node.js client library for Google Cloud Secret Manager. It allows you to securely store, manage, and access secrets, such as API keys, passwords, certificates, and other sensitive data.

What are @google-cloud/secret-manager's main functionalities?

Create a Secret

This feature allows you to create a new secret in Google Cloud Secret Manager. The code sample demonstrates how to create a secret with automatic replication.

const { SecretManagerServiceClient } = require('@google-cloud/secret-manager');
const client = new SecretManagerServiceClient();

async function createSecret() {
  const [secret] = await client.createSecret({
    parent: 'projects/my-project',
    secretId: 'my-secret',
    secret: {
      replication: {
        automatic: {},
      },
    },
  });
  console.log(`Created secret: ${secret.name}`);
}
createSecret();

Add a Secret Version

This feature allows you to add a new version to an existing secret. The code sample demonstrates how to add a new version with a specific payload.

const { SecretManagerServiceClient } = require('@google-cloud/secret-manager');
const client = new SecretManagerServiceClient();

async function addSecretVersion() {
  const [version] = await client.addSecretVersion({
    parent: 'projects/my-project/secrets/my-secret',
    payload: {
      data: Buffer.from('my-secret-data', 'utf8'),
    },
  });
  console.log(`Added secret version: ${version.name}`);
}
addSecretVersion();

Access a Secret Version

This feature allows you to access the payload of a specific version of a secret. The code sample demonstrates how to access the latest version of a secret and print its payload.

const { SecretManagerServiceClient } = require('@google-cloud/secret-manager');
const client = new SecretManagerServiceClient();

async function accessSecretVersion() {
  const [accessResponse] = await client.accessSecretVersion({
    name: 'projects/my-project/secrets/my-secret/versions/latest',
  });
  const responsePayload = accessResponse.payload.data.toString('utf8');
  console.log(`Accessed secret version payload: ${responsePayload}`);
}
accessSecretVersion();

Delete a Secret

This feature allows you to delete a secret from Google Cloud Secret Manager. The code sample demonstrates how to delete a specific secret.

const { SecretManagerServiceClient } = require('@google-cloud/secret-manager');
const client = new SecretManagerServiceClient();

async function deleteSecret() {
  await client.deleteSecret({
    name: 'projects/my-project/secrets/my-secret',
  });
  console.log('Deleted secret');
}
deleteSecret();

Other packages similar to @google-cloud/secret-manager

aws-sdk

The aws-sdk package for Node.js provides a comprehensive set of tools for interacting with AWS services, including AWS Secrets Manager. It allows you to store, retrieve, and manage secrets in a similar way to @google-cloud/secret-manager, but within the AWS ecosystem.

azure-keyvault-secrets

The azure-keyvault-secrets package for Node.js allows you to manage secrets in Azure Key Vault. It provides similar functionalities to @google-cloud/secret-manager, such as creating, retrieving, and deleting secrets, but is designed for use with Microsoft Azure.

vault

The vault package for Node.js is a client library for HashiCorp Vault, a tool for securely storing and accessing secrets. It offers similar functionalities to @google-cloud/secret-manager, including secret management and access control, but is designed to work with HashiCorp Vault.

README

Secret Manager: Node.js Client

Secrets client for Node.js

• Secret Manager Node.js Client API Reference
• Secret Manager Documentation
• github.com/googleapis/nodejs-secret-manager

Read more about the client libraries for Cloud APIs, including the older Google APIs Client Libraries, in Client Libraries Explained.

Table of contents:

• Quickstart
  • Before you begin
  • Installing the client library
  • Using the client library
• Samples
• Versioning
• Contributing
• License

Quickstart

Before you begin

1. Select or create a Cloud Platform project.
2. Enable billing for your project.
3. Enable the Secret Manager API.
4. Set up authentication with a service account so you can access the API from your local workstation.

Installing the client library

npm install @google-cloud/secret-manager

Using the client library

  // Import the Secret Manager client and instantiate it:
  const {SecretManagerServiceClient} = require('@google-cloud/secret-manager');
  const client = new SecretManagerServiceClient();

  /**
   * TODO(developer): Uncomment these variables before running the sample.
   */
  // parent = 'projects/my-project', // Project for which to manage secrets.
  // secretId = 'foo', // Secret ID.
  // payload = 'hello world!' // String source data.

  async function createAndAccessSecret() {
    // Create the secret with automation replication.
    const [secret] = await client.createSecret({
      parent: parent,
      secret: {
        name: secretId,
        replication: {
          automatic: {},
        },
      },
      secretId,
    });

    console.info(`Created secret ${secret.name}`);

    // Add a version with a payload onto the secret.
    const [version] = await client.addSecretVersion({
      parent: secret.name,
      payload: {
        data: Buffer.from(payload, 'utf8'),
      },
    });

    console.info(`Added secret version ${version.name}`);

    // Access the secret.
    const [accessResponse] = await client.accessSecretVersion({
      name: version.name,
    });

    const responsePayload = accessResponse.payload.data.toString('utf8');
    console.info(`Payload: ${responsePayload}`);
  }
  createAndAccessSecret();

Samples

Samples are in the samples/ directory. The samples' README.md has instructions for running the samples.

Sample	Source Code	Try it
Access Secret Version	source code
Add Secret Version	source code
Create Secret	source code
Delete Secret	source code
Destroy Secret Version	source code
Disable Secret Version	source code
Enable Secret Version	source code
Get Secret	source code
Get Secret Version	source code
List Secret Versions	source code
List Secrets	source code
Quickstart	source code
Update Secret	source code

The Secret Manager Node.js Client API Reference documentation also contains samples.

Versioning

This library follows Semantic Versioning.

This library is considered to be in beta. This means it is expected to be mostly stable while we work toward a general availability release; however, complete stability is not guaranteed. We will address issues and requests against beta libraries with a high priority.

More Information: Google Cloud Platform Launch Stages

Contributing

Contributions welcome! See the Contributing Guide.

License

Apache Version 2.0

See LICENSE