---
title: secrets.get() function
description: >
  `secrets.get()` retrieves a secret from the InfluxDB secret store.
menu:
  flux_v0_ref:
    name: secrets.get
    parent: influxdata/influxdb/secrets
    identifier: influxdata/influxdb/secrets/get
weight: 301
---

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



##### Function type signature

```js
(key: string) => string
```

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## Parameters

### key
({{< req >}})
Secret key to retrieve.




## Examples

- [Retrieve a key from the InfluxDB secret store](#retrieve-a-key-from-the-influxdb-secret-store)
- [Populate sensitive credentials with secrets//](#populate-sensitive-credentials-with-secrets)

### Retrieve a key from the InfluxDB secret store

```js
import "influxdata/influxdb/secrets"

secrets.get(key: "KEY_NAME")

```


### Populate sensitive credentials with secrets//

```js
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",
)

```