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id: google-cloud-secret-manager
version: "2.30.0"
license: Apache-2.0
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: active
---

# google-cloud-secret-manager — Google Cloud Secret Manager API client library

License: permissive · Maintenance: active · Popularity: top 1,000 on PyPI

## Install

pip install google-cloud-secret-manager
uv add google-cloud-secret-manager
poetry add google-cloud-secret-manager

## Description

Python Client for Secret Manager
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`Secret Manager`_: Stores sensitive data such as API keys, passwords, and certificates.
Provides convenience while improving security.

- `Client Library Documentation`_
- `Product Documentation`_

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.. _Secret Manager: https://cloud.google.com/secret-manager/
.. _Client Library Documentation: https://cloud.google.com/python/docs/reference/secretmanager/latest/summary_overview
.. _Product Documentation:  https://cloud.google.com/secret-manager/

Quick Start
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In order to use this library, you first need to go through the following steps:

1. `Select or create a Cloud Platform project.`_
2. `Enable billing...

## AI interpretation — verify before relying

Python client library for Google Cloud Secret Manager, enabling secure storage and retrieval of sensitive data like API keys, passwords, and certificates through Google Cloud's managed service.

Verdict: Well-maintained, production-ready library with no known vulnerabilities, low install friction, and permissive licensing. Suitable for applications needing secure secret management on Google Cloud Platform, provided you have GCP project access and authentication configured.

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