Amazon Secrets Manager

Amazon Secrets Manager helps you manage, retrieve, and rotate database credentials, API keys, and other secrets throughout their lifecycle. It provides centralized secrets management with built-in integration for Amazon RDS, Amazon Redshift, and Amazon DocumentDB, enabling automatic rotation of secrets without requiring application changes.

Amazon Secrets Manager publishes 7 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Passwords API, Rotation API, Secrets API, and 4 more. Tagged areas include Amazon Web Services, Configuration, Credentials, Rotation, and Secrets.

The Amazon Secrets Manager catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

Amazon Secrets Manager’s developer surface includes authentication, CLI, developer portal, getting-started guide, documentation, API reference, developer console, and 62 more developer resources.

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70.3/100 exemplar ▬ flat Agent 32/100 agent ready saas Full breakdown ↓
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AccessFreemium

1 published contract 8 Features 6 Use Cases

Amazon Web Services Configuration Credentials Rotation Secrets Security

What this lets a business do 2

Business capabilities this provider's published APIs can perform, derived from its own contracts. Browse all capabilities →

Software Release & Deployment Management

BC-4210

amazon-secrets-manager-operations-apiamazon-secrets-manager-secret-value-api

POST /#BatchGetSecretValue POST /#CancelRotateSecret POST /#ListSecretVersionIds POST /#UpdateSecretVersionStage

Cybersecurity Management

BC-620

RotationSecrets

POST /#RotateSecret POST /

What people ask Amazon Secrets Manager 4

The questions people put to an LLM, and the jobs they hand an agent, that Amazon Secrets Manager's APIs answer — each one linked to the operation that does it. Generated by API Evangelist

Amazon Secrets Manager Secrets API Store a new secret “How do I store a new API key or database password in AWS Secrets Manager?” Retrieve a secret's value “How do I read the actual password stored inside a secret?” Add a new version of a secret's value “How do I store a new value for an existing secret as a fresh version?” Update a secret's details “How can I change the description of a secret I already created?”

Amazon Secrets Manager Amazon Secrets Manager API Add tags to a secret “How do I attach cost-allocation tags to a secret in AWS Secrets Manager?” Remove tags from a secret “How can I strip specific tag keys off a secret?”

Amazon Secrets Manager Rotation API Rotate a secret “How do I set up automatic rotation for a stored database credential?”

Amazon Secrets Manager Passwords API Generate a random password “Can Secrets Manager generate a strong random password for a new database user?”

Kin Score

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scored 2026-11-06 · rubric v0.27.0

Composite quality — 70.3/100 · exemplar

Contract Quality 13.1 / 19

Developer Ergonomics 10.9 / 15

Access Clarity 15.0 / 15

Operational Transparency 3.6 / 10

Contract Governance 2.9 / 9

Discoverability 5.6 / 8

Regulatory Posture 5.3 / 15

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 32/100 · agent ready

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 6 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8

Request/Response Examples 7 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Pagination 5 / 5

Distinct Operations 3 / 3

MCP Tool Quality 6 / 6

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Agent readiness — checks not met, largest first (exact, from this profile):

MCP Server +12 pts — deployment.mode + probe verdict on the mcp/ manifest, not the pointer; an unprobed slug falls back to authorship
Idempotency +9 pts — OpenAPI mutating operations declare an idempotency key — a header, a request-body property, or a named de-duplication token whose own description says so (verified); else common[].type matches /idempoten/i (documented)
A2A Agent Card +8 pts — a2a/-a2a.yml manifest, graded on conformance.grade against A2A 1.0.0
Registration Without a Human +6 pts — a `registration_endpoint` in the served RFC 8414 / OIDC discovery document
Delegated User Identity +6 pts — a served discovery document listing authorization_code in grant_types_supported (served), else an oauth2 authorizationCode flow or openIdConnect declared in an OpenAPI (documented)
Typed Event Surface +6 pts — AsyncAPI document, OR webhooks/callbacks objects in the as-published OpenAPI, OR common[].type includes Webhooks

6 more unmet checks in the Agent Readiness table above.

Kin Score — facets with the most composite points still available (weight × headroom):

Operational Transparency scores 36.8 — up to +8.2 composite points
Contract Governance scores 31.8 — up to +8.2 composite points
Contract Quality scores 69.6 — up to +7.6 composite points

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Standards implemented 1

Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.

OpenAPI

measured — observed by APIs.io (published)

APIs 7

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Amazon Secrets Manager Passwords API

Operations for generating passwords.

Amazon Secrets Manager Rotation API

Operations for rotating secrets.

Amazon Secrets Manager Secrets API

Operations for managing secrets.

Amazon Secrets Manager Amazon Secrets Manager API

The Amazon Secrets Manager API API from Amazon Secrets Manager — 2 operation(s) for amazon secrets manager api.

Amazon Secrets Manager Secrets Manager Operations API

The Secrets Manager Operations API from Amazon Secrets Manager — 5 operation(s) for secrets manager operations.

Amazon Secrets Manager Secrets Manager Resource Policy API

The Secrets Manager Resource Policy API from Amazon Secrets Manager — 4 operation(s) for secrets manager resource policy.

Amazon Secrets Manager Secrets Manager Secret Value API

The Secrets Manager Secret Value API from Amazon Secrets Manager — 3 operation(s) for secrets manager secret value.

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Postman Collections 1

Ready-to-run Postman collections for exercising this provider's APIs.

Amazon Secrets Manager API

POSTMAN

Open Collections 6

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

Amazon Secrets Manager Passwords API

OPEN COLLECTION

Amazon Secrets Manager Passwords Rotation API

OPEN COLLECTION

Amazon Manager Passwords Secrets API

OPEN COLLECTION

Amazon Secrets Manager Passwords #TagResource API

OPEN COLLECTION

Amazon Secrets Manager Passwords #UntagResource API

OPEN COLLECTION

Amazon Secrets Manager API

OPEN COLLECTION

Arazzo Workflows 8

Multi-step API workflows described with the Arazzo specification.

Amazon Secrets Manager Create and Read Secret

Create a new secret, then immediately retrieve its decrypted value to confirm it was stored.

ARAZZO

Amazon Secrets Manager Find and Delete Secret

List secrets filtered by name, branch on whether a match exists, then describe and schedule deletion of the matched secret.

ARAZZO

Amazon Secrets Manager Generate Password and Store Secret

Generate a random password, store it as a new secret, then read the secret value back to confirm it was saved.

ARAZZO

Amazon Secrets Manager Restore Deleted Secret

Cancel the scheduled deletion of a secret with RestoreSecret, then describe it to confirm the DeletedDate was cleared.

ARAZZO

Amazon Secrets Manager Rotate and Describe

Start rotation on a secret with a Lambda rotation function, then describe it to confirm rotation is configured.

ARAZZO

Amazon Secrets Manager Put New Version and Verify

Store a new encrypted version of a secret with PutSecretValue, then read the current value to confirm the update.

ARAZZO

Amazon Secrets Manager Tag Secret and Verify

Attach tags to a secret with TagResource, then describe the secret to confirm the tags are present in its metadata.

ARAZZO

Amazon Secrets Manager Update Metadata and Verify

Update a secret's description and KMS key with UpdateSecret, then describe it to confirm the new metadata was applied.

ARAZZO

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Amazon Secrets Manager API pricing

Prices published by Amazon Secrets Manager, read 2026-09-20 from aws.amazon.com/secrets-manager/pricing/.

Plan	Price
Per secret per month	$0.40/ secret/ month
Per 10,000 API calls	$0.05/10,000 calls
AWS Free Tier credits	up to $200 in AWS Free Tier credits Includes: Free plan available for 6 months after account creation; credits must be used within 12 months

Plan details, limits and sources →

Rate limits

Free Tier Default: 10 requests per minute
Free Tier Monthly Quota: 1000 requests per month
Professional Tier Default: 100 requests per minute

Compiled by API Evangelist, not yet checked against Amazon Secrets Manager's documentation. All 5 limits →

Billed by: secret · FinOps profile →

Pricing Plans 2

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Amazon Secrets Manager Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Amazon Secrets Manager Price Estimates

0 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Amazon Secrets Manager Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

Service Levels 1

Uptime the provider promises or reports, as SLA4OAI. Read from its own pages; APIs.io runs no monitors.

Amazon Secrets Manager

SLA

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Amazon Secrets Manager Finops

FINOPS

Features 8

Notable capabilities this provider offers.

Automatic Secret Rotation

Automatically rotate secrets on a schedule using AWS Lambda rotation functions without changing application code.

Centralized Secret Storage

Store and manage all secrets in a single, centralized location with fine-grained access controls.

Native Database Integration

Built-in integration with Amazon RDS, Aurora, Redshift, and DocumentDB for automatic credential rotation.

Secret Versioning

Maintain multiple versions of a secret simultaneously to support zero-downtime rotation.

Audit and Compliance

Log all secret access and management actions via AWS CloudTrail for compliance and audit purposes.

Cross-Account Access

Share secrets across AWS accounts using resource-based policies.

Encryption at Rest

All secrets are encrypted at rest using AWS KMS keys you control.

Random Password Generation

Generate cryptographically secure random passwords with configurable complexity requirements.

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Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Amazon Secrets Manager Context

6 classes · 27 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Amazon Secrets Manager — jsonschema rules

5 rules · 4 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

Amazon Secrets Manager API Rules

23 rules · 9 errors 13 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

OpenAPI Overlays 5

Overlays applied on top of this provider's contracts. Each card says who wrote it: a document the provider publishes, or one API Evangelist derived or generated.

Amazon Secrets Manager Amazon Secrets Manager Api Api Phrasing Overlay

3 actions · phrasing · amazon-secrets-manager-amazon-secrets-manager-api-api-openapi.yml

GENERATED

Amazon Secrets Manager Openapi Overlay

4 actions · update · amazon-secrets-manager-openapi.yml

DERIVED

Amazon Secrets Manager Passwords Api Phrasing Overlay

2 actions · phrasing · amazon-secrets-manager-passwords-api-openapi.yml

GENERATED

Amazon Secrets Manager Rotation Api Phrasing Overlay

2 actions · phrasing · amazon-secrets-manager-rotation-api-openapi.yml

GENERATED

Amazon Secrets Manager Secrets Api Phrasing Overlay

9 actions · phrasing · amazon-secrets-manager-secrets-api-openapi.yml

GENERATED

JSON Schema 6

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

GetRandomPasswordResponse

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ListSecretsResponse

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

RotationRules

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Secret

16 properties

JSON SCHEMA

SecretValue

7 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Tag

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

JSON Structure 6

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

Amazon Secrets Manager Get Random Password Response Structure

1 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Amazon Secrets Manager List Secrets Response Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Amazon Secrets Manager Rotation Rules Structure

3 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Amazon Secrets Manager Secret Structure

16 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Amazon Secrets Manager Secret Value Structure

7 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Amazon Secrets Manager Tag Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Examples 6

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Amazon Secrets Manager Get Random Password Response Example

1 fields

EXAMPLE

Amazon Secrets Manager List Secrets Response Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Amazon Secrets Manager Rotation Rules Example

3 fields

EXAMPLE

Amazon Secrets Manager Secret Example

16 fields

EXAMPLE

Amazon Secrets Manager Secret Value Example

7 fields

EXAMPLE

Amazon Secrets Manager Tag Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Security Posture 4

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Amazon Secrets Manager Authentication

aws-sigv4 · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Amazon Secrets Manager Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Amazon Secrets Manager Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Amazon Secrets Manager Trust Center

PCI DSS, HIPAA, FedRAMP, GDPR, FIPS 140

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Amazon Secrets Manager Agentic Access

12 operations · 10 acting

AGENTIC

Use Cases 6

What developers build with this provider.

Database Credential Management

Automatically rotate and manage database credentials for RDS, Aurora, and other databases.

API Key Storage

Securely store and retrieve API keys, OAuth tokens, and other third-party service credentials.

Application Configuration

Centralize sensitive application configuration such as connection strings and encryption keys.

Cross-Service Credentials

Share service-to-service credentials securely across microservices without embedding in code.

Compliance Secret Rotation

Meet compliance requirements like PCI DSS and SOC 2 by enforcing regular credential rotation.

Secrets Lifecycle Governance

Enforce organizational policies on secret creation, rotation schedules, and access patterns.

Resources

Get Started 4

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Portal

GettingStarted

Console

Signup

Documentation 5

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

APIReference

JSONSchema

JSONSchema

JSONSchema

Agent Surfaces 4

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

WellKnown

WellKnown

X-MCPServerCandidate

X-MCPServerCandidate

LLMsTxt

LLMsTxt

Design & Contract 22

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Conformance

ErrorCatalog

Lifecycle

Conventions

DataModel

Arazzo

Arazzo

Arazzo

Arazzo

Arazzo

Arazzo

Arazzo

Arazzo

SpectralRules

Vocabulary

JSONLD

JSONStructure

JSONStructure

JSONStructure

JSONStructure

JSONStructure

JSONStructure

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Build 11

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Packages

Packages

CLI

CLI

PostmanWorkspace

PostmanWorkspace

GitHubOrganization

CLI

Examples

Examples

Examples

Examples

Examples

Examples

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Access & Security 7

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

TrustCenter

TrustCenter

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

DomainSecurity

Authentication

SecurityTxt

Security

Compliance

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Learn 1

Tutorials, courses, talks, and written guidance

YouTube

YouTube

Operate 5

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits

FAQ

StatusPage

Support

StackOverflow

Commercial 5

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

FinOps

Plans

Pricing

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Other 3

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

CapabilityMap

CapabilityMap

Overlay

Overlay

KnowledgeCenter

KnowledgeCenter

Source (apis.yml)

deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: false
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
specificationVersion: '0.23'
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  - security
  generated: '2026-11-06'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/amazon-secrets-manager.png
name: Amazon Secrets Manager
description: Amazon Secrets Manager helps you manage, retrieve, and rotate database credentials, API keys, and other secrets
  throughout their lifecycle. It provides centralized secrets management with built-in integration for Amazon RDS, Amazon
  Redshift, and Amazon DocumentDB, enabling automatic rotation of secrets without requiring application changes.
url: https://aws.amazon.com/secrets-manager/
baseURL: https://secretsmanager.amazonaws.com
kind: company
created: '2024-01-01'
modified: '2026-09-16'
tags:
- Amazon Web Services
- Configuration
- Credentials
- Rotation
- Secrets
- Security
tags_raw:
- AWS
- Configuration
- Credentials
- Rotation
- Secrets
- Security
apis:
- aid: amazon-secrets-manager:amazon-secrets-manager-passwords-api
  name: Amazon Secrets Manager Passwords API
  description: Operations for generating passwords.
  humanURL: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/secretsmanager/latest/apireference/
  baseURL: https://secretsmanager.{region}.amazonaws.com
  tags:
  - Passwords
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/amazon-secrets-manager-passwords-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/secretsmanager/latest/apireference/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/amazon-secrets-manager-secret-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/amazon-secrets-manager-secret-value-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/amazon-secrets-manager-rotation-rules-schema.json
- aid: amazon-secrets-manager:amazon-secrets-manager-rotation-api
  name: Amazon Secrets Manager Rotation API
  description: Operations for rotating secrets.
  humanURL: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/secretsmanager/latest/apireference/
  baseURL: https://secretsmanager.{region}.amazonaws.com
  tags:
  - Rotation
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/amazon-secrets-manager-rotation-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/secretsmanager/latest/apireference/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/amazon-secrets-manager-secret-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/amazon-secrets-manager-secret-value-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/amazon-secrets-manager-rotation-rules-schema.json
- aid: amazon-secrets-manager:amazon-secrets-manager-secrets-api
  name: Amazon Secrets Manager Secrets API
  description: Operations for managing secrets.
  humanURL: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/secretsmanager/latest/apireference/
  baseURL: https://secretsmanager.{region}.amazonaws.com
  tags:
  - Secrets
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/amazon-secrets-manager-secrets-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/secretsmanager/latest/apireference/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/amazon-secrets-manager-secret-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/amazon-secrets-manager-secret-value-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/amazon-secrets-manager-rotation-rules-schema.json
- aid: amazon-secrets-manager:amazon-secrets-manager-amazon-secrets-manager-api-api
  name: Amazon Secrets Manager Amazon Secrets Manager API
  description: The Amazon Secrets Manager API API from Amazon Secrets Manager — 2 operation(s) for amazon secrets manager
    api.
  humanURL: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/secretsmanager/latest/apireference/
  baseURL: https://secretsmanager.{region}.amazonaws.com
  tags:
  - Amazon Secrets Manager API
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/amazon-secrets-manager-amazon-secrets-manager-api-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/secretsmanager/latest/apireference/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/amazon-secrets-manager-secret-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/amazon-secrets-manager-secret-value-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/amazon-secrets-manager-rotation-rules-schema.json
- aid: amazon-secrets-manager:amazon-secrets-manager-operations-api
  name: Amazon Secrets Manager Secrets Manager Operations API
  description: The Secrets Manager Operations API from Amazon Secrets Manager — 5 operation(s) for secrets manager operations.
  humanURL: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/secretsmanager/latest/apireference/
  baseURL: https://secretsmanager.{region}.amazonaws.com
  tags:
  - Secrets Manager Operations
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/amazon-secrets-manager-operations-api-openapi.yml
- aid: amazon-secrets-manager:amazon-secrets-manager-resource-policy-api
  name: Amazon Secrets Manager Secrets Manager Resource Policy API
  description: The Secrets Manager Resource Policy API from Amazon Secrets Manager — 4 operation(s) for secrets manager resource
    policy.
  humanURL: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/secretsmanager/latest/apireference/
  baseURL: https://secretsmanager.{region}.amazonaws.com
  tags:
  - Secrets Manager Resource Policy
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/amazon-secrets-manager-resource-policy-api-openapi.yml
- aid: amazon-secrets-manager:amazon-secrets-manager-secret-value-api
  name: Amazon Secrets Manager Secrets Manager Secret Value API
  description: The Secrets Manager Secret Value API from Amazon Secrets Manager — 3 operation(s) for secrets manager secret
    value.
  humanURL: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/secretsmanager/latest/apireference/
  baseURL: https://secretsmanager.{region}.amazonaws.com
  tags:
  - Secrets Manager Secret Value
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/amazon-secrets-manager-secret-value-api-openapi.yml
common:
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/amazon-secrets-manager-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/amazon-secrets-manager-finops.yml
- type: Plans
  url: plans/amazon-secrets-manager-plans-pricing.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/secrets-manager/
- type: CapabilityMap
  url: capabilities/amazon-secrets-manager-capability-edges.yml
  name: Amazon Secrets Manager Business Capability Map
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/amazon-secrets-manager-agentic-access.yml
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/amazon-secrets-manager-trust-center.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/amazon-secrets-manager-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/amazon-secrets-manager-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/amazon-secrets-manager-authentication.yml
- type: Packages
  url: packages/amazon-secrets-manager-packages.yml
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/amazon-secrets-manager-well-known.yml
- type: SecurityTxt
  url: well-known/amazon-secrets-manager-security.txt
- type: X-MCPServerCandidate
  url: mcp/amazon-secrets-manager-mcp.yml
  note: 'Renamed from MCPServer 2026-09-03 (roadmap#247): the manifest self-describes as status: candidate — a tool list derived
    from the published API contracts, not an existing server. The scorer already read the manifest and reported mcp_server
    correctly; the MCPServer type was crediting the artifact-type surfaces with a server that does not exist.'
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/amazon-secrets-manager-llms.txt
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/amazon-secrets-manager-openapi-overlay.yaml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/amazon-secrets-manager-conformance.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/amazon-secrets-manager-problem-types.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/amazon-secrets-manager-lifecycle.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/amazon-secrets-manager-conventions.yml
- type: CLI
  url: cli/amazon-secrets-manager-cli.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/amazon-secrets-manager-data-model.yml
- type: PostmanWorkspace
  url: https://www.postman.com/kinlaneapi/amazon-secrets-manager/overview
- type: Arazzo
  url: arazzo/amazon-secrets-manager-create-and-read-secret-workflow.yml
  name: Amazon Secrets Manager Create and Read Secret
- type: Arazzo
  url: arazzo/amazon-secrets-manager-find-and-delete-secret-workflow.yml
  name: Amazon Secrets Manager Find and Delete Secret
- type: Arazzo
  url: arazzo/amazon-secrets-manager-generate-password-and-store-secret-workflow.yml
  name: Amazon Secrets Manager Generate Password and Store Secret
- type: Arazzo
  url: arazzo/amazon-secrets-manager-restore-deleted-secret-workflow.yml
  name: Amazon Secrets Manager Restore Deleted Secret
- type: Arazzo
  url: arazzo/amazon-secrets-manager-rotate-and-describe-workflow.yml
  name: Amazon Secrets Manager Rotate and Describe
- type: Arazzo
  url: arazzo/amazon-secrets-manager-rotate-version-and-verify-workflow.yml
  name: Amazon Secrets Manager Put New Version and Verify
- type: Arazzo
  url: arazzo/amazon-secrets-manager-tag-secret-and-verify-workflow.yml
  name: Amazon Secrets Manager Tag Secret and Verify
- type: Arazzo
  url: arazzo/amazon-secrets-manager-update-metadata-and-verify-workflow.yml
  name: Amazon Secrets Manager Update Metadata and Verify
- type: Portal
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/secrets-manager/getting-started/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/secretsmanager/latest/userguide/
- type: APIReference
  url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/secretsmanager/latest/apireference/
- type: Console
  url: https://console.aws.amazon.com/secretsmanager/
- type: Signup
  url: https://portal.aws.amazon.com/billing/signup
- type: Pricing
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/secrets-manager/pricing/
- type: FAQ
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/secrets-manager/faqs/
- type: Blog
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/security/
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://health.aws.amazon.com/health/status
- type: Support
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/support/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/service-terms/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/privacy/
- type: Security
  url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/secretsmanager/latest/userguide/security.html
- type: Compliance
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/aws
- type: YouTube
  url: https://www.youtube.com/user/AmazonWebServices
- type: StackOverflow
  url: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/aws-secrets-manager
- type: KnowledgeCenter
  url: https://repost.aws/knowledge-center
- type: CLI
  url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/secretsmanager/
- type: SpectralRules
  url: rules/amazon-secrets-manager-spectral-rules.yml
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/amazon-secrets-manager-vocabulary.yaml
- type: Features
  data:
  - name: Automatic Secret Rotation
    description: Automatically rotate secrets on a schedule using AWS Lambda rotation functions without changing application
      code.
  - name: Centralized Secret Storage
    description: Store and manage all secrets in a single, centralized location with fine-grained access controls.
  - name: Native Database Integration
    description: Built-in integration with Amazon RDS, Aurora, Redshift, and DocumentDB for automatic credential rotation.
  - name: Secret Versioning
    description: Maintain multiple versions of a secret simultaneously to support zero-downtime rotation.
  - name: Audit and Compliance
    description: Log all secret access and management actions via AWS CloudTrail for compliance and audit purposes.
  - name: Cross-Account Access
    description: Share secrets across AWS accounts using resource-based policies.
  - name: Encryption at Rest
    description: All secrets are encrypted at rest using AWS KMS keys you control.
  - name: Random Password Generation
    description: Generate cryptographically secure random passwords with configurable complexity requirements.
- type: UseCases
  data:
  - name: Database Credential Management
    description: Automatically rotate and manage database credentials for RDS, Aurora, and other databases.
  - name: API Key Storage
    description: Securely store and retrieve API keys, OAuth tokens, and other third-party service credentials.
  - name: Application Configuration
    description: Centralize sensitive application configuration such as connection strings and encryption keys.
  - name: Cross-Service Credentials
    description: Share service-to-service credentials securely across microservices without embedding in code.
  - name: Compliance Secret Rotation
    description: Meet compliance requirements like PCI DSS and SOC 2 by enforcing regular credential rotation.
  - name: Secrets Lifecycle Governance
    description: Enforce organizational policies on secret creation, rotation schedules, and access patterns.
- type: Integrations
  data:
  - name: Amazon RDS
    description: Native integration for automatic rotation of RDS database credentials.
  - name: Amazon Aurora
    description: Built-in support for rotating Aurora database master user passwords.
  - name: Amazon Redshift
    description: Automatic rotation of Redshift cluster credentials.
  - name: Amazon DocumentDB
    description: Native rotation support for DocumentDB user credentials.
  - name: AWS Lambda
    description: Lambda-powered custom rotation functions for any secret type.
  - name: AWS CloudTrail
    description: Audit logging of all Secrets Manager API calls via CloudTrail.
  - name: AWS KMS
    description: Encryption of secrets at rest using customer-managed KMS keys.
  - name: AWS IAM
    description: Fine-grained access control for secrets using IAM policies and resource-based policies.
  - name: AWS CloudFormation
    description: Provision and manage secrets as part of CloudFormation stacks.
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/amazon-secrets-manager-context.jsonld
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/amazon-secrets-manager-get-random-password-response-schema.json
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/amazon-secrets-manager-list-secrets-response-schema.json
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/amazon-secrets-manager-tag-schema.json
- type: JSONStructure
  url: json-structure/amazon-secrets-manager-get-random-password-response-structure.json
- type: JSONStructure
  url: json-structure/amazon-secrets-manager-list-secrets-response-structure.json
- type: JSONStructure
  url: json-structure/amazon-secrets-manager-rotation-rules-structure.json
- type: JSONStructure
  url: json-structure/amazon-secrets-manager-secret-structure.json
- type: JSONStructure
  url: json-structure/amazon-secrets-manager-secret-value-structure.json
- type: JSONStructure
  url: json-structure/amazon-secrets-manager-tag-structure.json
- type: Examples
  url: examples/amazon-secrets-manager-get-random-password-response-example.json
- type: Examples
  url: examples/amazon-secrets-manager-list-secrets-response-example.json
- type: Examples
  url: examples/amazon-secrets-manager-rotation-rules-example.json
- type: Examples
  url: examples/amazon-secrets-manager-secret-example.json
- type: Examples
  url: examples/amazon-secrets-manager-secret-value-example.json
- type: Examples
  url: examples/amazon-secrets-manager-tag-example.json
- type: Integrations
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/partners/
maintainer: Kin Lane
integrations:
- name: Partner Programs
- name: Resources
- name: Success Stories
- name: Work with an AWS Partner
- name: AWS Marketplace
- name: AWS Partner Central
- name: Partner Paths
- name: co-sell with AWS
x-parent: amazon-web-services
x-relationship: product

Amazon Secrets Manager API — frequently asked questions

Does Amazon Secrets Manager have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 7 APIs from Amazon Secrets Manager, including Amazon Secrets Manager Passwords API, Amazon Secrets Manager Rotation API and Amazon Secrets Manager Secrets API, and 4 more.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Amazon Secrets Manager API?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 7 OpenAPI specifications for Amazon Secrets Manager, each linked for download from this page.

How do I authenticate with the Amazon Secrets Manager API?

Amazon Secrets Manager uses bearer-token authentication (aws-sigv4 · 1 scheme). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Amazon Secrets Manager Authentication.

How much does the Amazon Secrets Manager API cost?

Amazon Secrets Manager publishes its prices; its Per secret per month plan is $0.40/ secret/ month as of 2026-09-20. APIs.io lists 3 pricing plans for Amazon Secrets Manager, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.

Is the Amazon Secrets Manager API ready for AI agents?

Amazon Secrets Manager has a Kin Score of 70.3 out of 100 (exemplar) and an Agent Readiness score of 31.9 (agent-ready), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.

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