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Use a Secret

Overview

To use secrets in your program, you link the secret value on the Kelvin Platform to an Environment variable in the app.yaml file. Then you can access it like any normal Environment variable in any language.

app.yaml setup

app.yaml Example
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defaults:
  system:
    environment_vars:
      - name: demosecret
        value: <% secrets.demosecret %> # notice the secrets prefix

Python Example

Read Secret Variable Python Example
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import os

demosecret = os.environ.get("demosecret", "error!")

print(f'Your secret is {demosecret}')