> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.enkryptify.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Get a secret by key

> Fetches a single secret by its key within a project. The decrypted value is returned. Returns 404 if the key does not exist or your token cannot access its environment.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /api-reference/openapi.json get /v1/workspace/{ws}/project/{prj}/secret/{key}
openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: Enkryptify API
  version: 1.0.0
  description: >-
    REST API for Enkryptify. Manage secrets, projects, teams and workspaces.
    Authenticate with an `ek_live_` API token via the `Authorization: Bearer`
    header. See https://docs.enkryptify.com/api-reference/introduction.
servers:
  - url: http://localhost:8080
    description: Production
security: []
tags:
  - name: auth
    description: Token exchange and authentication for API access.
  - name: workspace
    description: Workspaces group your projects, teams and members.
  - name: project
    description: Projects organize secrets per application or service.
  - name: team
    description: Teams scope which members can access which projects.
  - name: secret
    description: Read, create, update and delete secret values.
  - name: secret-share
    description: Create and consume time-bound encrypted secret shares.
  - name: tokens
    description: Manage API tokens for programmatic access.
  - name: sync
    description: Manage integrations that sync secrets to external systems.
  - name: me
    description: Inspect the authenticated user, sessions and preferences.
  - name: oidc
    description: Workspace-scoped OpenID Connect identity federation.
paths:
  /v1/workspace/{ws}/project/{prj}/secret/{key}:
    get:
      tags:
        - secret
      summary: Get a secret by key
      description: >-
        Fetches a single secret by its key within a project. The decrypted value
        is returned. Returns 404 if the key does not exist or your token cannot
        access its environment.
      operationId: getSecretByKey
      parameters:
        - schema:
            type: string
            format: uuid
            pattern: >-
              ^([0-9a-fA-F]{8}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[1-8][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[89abAB][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[0-9a-fA-F]{12}|00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000|ffffffff-ffff-ffff-ffff-ffffffffffff)$
          in: query
          name: environmentId
          required: false
        - schema:
            type: boolean
          in: query
          name: personal
          required: false
        - schema:
            type: string
          in: path
          name: ws
          required: true
        - schema:
            type: string
          in: path
          name: prj
          required: true
        - schema:
            type: string
          in: path
          name: key
          required: true
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Default Response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  id:
                    type: string
                  name:
                    type: string
                  note:
                    type: string
                    maxLength: 255
                  type:
                    type: string
                    enum:
                      - runtime
                      - build
                  dataType:
                    type: string
                    enum:
                      - text
                      - json
                  values:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: object
                      properties:
                        environmentId:
                          type: string
                        value:
                          type: string
                        isPersonal:
                          type: boolean
                      required:
                        - environmentId
                        - value
                        - isPersonal
                      additionalProperties: false
                  createdAt:
                    type: string
                  updatedAt:
                    type: string
                required:
                  - id
                  - name
                  - type
                  - dataType
                  - values
                  - createdAt
                  - updatedAt
                additionalProperties: false
      security:
        - apiKeyAuth: []
      x-codeSamples:
        - lang: bash
          label: cURL
          source: >-
            curl -X GET
            'http://localhost:8080/v1/workspace/ws_example/project/prj_example/secret/MY_SECRET'
            \
              -H 'Authorization: Bearer ek_live_xxxxx'
        - lang: javascript
          label: TypeScript
          source: >-
            const response = await
            fetch('http://localhost:8080/v1/workspace/ws_example/project/prj_example/secret/MY_SECRET',
            {
              method: 'GET',
              headers: {
                Authorization: 'Bearer ek_live_xxxxx',
              },
            });


            const data = await response.json();
        - lang: python
          label: Python
          source: |-
            import requests

            response = requests.get(
                'http://localhost:8080/v1/workspace/ws_example/project/prj_example/secret/MY_SECRET',
                headers={
                    'Authorization': 'Bearer ek_live_xxxxx',
                },
            )

            data = response.json()
components:
  securitySchemes:
    apiKeyAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: API Key
      description: >-
        API key authentication. Pass `Authorization: Bearer ek_live_xxxxx` on
        every request.

````