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secrets.get() function

secrets.get() retrieves a secret from the InfluxDB secret store.

Function type signature
(key: string) => string

For more information, see Function type signatures.

Parameters

key

(Required) Secret key to retrieve.

Examples

Retrieve a key from the InfluxDB secret store

import "influxdata/influxdb/secrets"

secrets.get(key: "KEY_NAME")

Populate sensitive credentials with secrets//

import "sql"
import "influxdata/influxdb/secrets"

username = secrets.get(key: "POSTGRES_USERNAME")
password = secrets.get(key: "POSTGRES_PASSWORD")

sql.from(
    driverName: "postgres",
    dataSourceName: "postgresql://${username}:${password}@localhost",
    query: "SELECT * FROM example-table",
)

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