# Secret

A secret value, such as an API key for a tool to send, stored for the tenant. Its value is write-only: the API never returns it.

**Kind:** an object, used in responses.

## Fields

Every field is present in a response; empty ones are `null`.

| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `name` | `string` | The secret's name, which definitions use to refer to it. |
| `tenantId` | `uuid` | The id of the tenant it belongs to. |
| `id` | `uuid` | The unique id. Use it in `by-id` routes and wherever another object refers to this one. |
| `dateCreated` | `datetime` | When it was created, in UTC. |
| `dateUpdated` | `datetime` | When it was last changed, in UTC. |

## Example

```json
{
  "name": "...",
  "tenantId": "3f2b8c1e-5d4a-4e6b-9c7d-2a1b0c9d8e7f",
  "id": "3f2b8c1e-5d4a-4e6b-9c7d-2a1b0c9d8e7f",
  "dateCreated": "2026-10-26T12:00:00.0000000Z",
  "dateUpdated": "2026-10-26T12:00:00.0000000Z"
}
```

## Where it's used

- [`secrets.create`](https://docs.maitento.com/reference/api/secrets.md) (`POST /secrets`)
- [`secrets.getByName`](https://docs.maitento.com/reference/api/secrets.md) (`GET /secrets/by-name/{name}`)
- [`secrets.get`](https://docs.maitento.com/reference/api/secrets.md) (`GET /secrets/by-id/{id}`)
- [`secrets.list`](https://docs.maitento.com/reference/api/secrets.md) (`GET /secrets`)
- [`secrets.update`](https://docs.maitento.com/reference/api/secrets.md) (`PUT /secrets/by-id/{id}`)