API documentation

POST /secret_items

Authorization Required

https://[your-subdomain].trackdrive.com/api/v1/secret_items

Create Secret.

Creates a Secret with a key and a value. The value is stored encrypted and is never returned as plain text in later responses.

Params

Param name	Description
key Optional Blank value allowed	Key Must be a String
value Optional Blank value allowed	The secret’s value, such as an API key or credential, stored encrypted so it can be referenced elsewhere without exposing it directly. Must be a String
description Optional Blank value allowed	Description Must be a String
change_value Optional Blank value allowed	Set to true to replace the stored value with the value given in this request; otherwise the existing value is kept. Must be a boolean value: 1, true, yes, on, 0, false, no, off

Example Request

curl -X POST 'https://[your-subdomain].trackdrive.com/api/v1/secret_items/' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic BASE64_ENCODED_PUBLIC_KEY_AND_PRIVATE_KEY' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "key": "example_secret_key",
  "value": "example-secret-value",
  "description": "Example secret description"
}'

Example Response 201

{
  "status": 201,
  "success": true,
  "errors": {},
  "secret_item": {
    "id": 10001,
    "type": "SecretItem",
    "uuid": null,
    "created_at": "2026-01-15T15:30:00.000Z",
    "updated_at": "2026-01-15T15:30:00.000Z",
    "deleted_at": null,
    "user_updated_at": null,
    "routes_show_path": null,
    "routes_edit_path": "/secret_items/10001/edit",
    "external_record_id": null,
    "company_id": 10002,
    "key": "example_secret_key",
    "value": "exa**************lue",
    "description": "Example secret description",
    "token_replacement_example": "[secret_example_secret_key]"
  },
  "metadata": {
    "root": "secret_item"
  }
}