---
title: REST API endpoints for Dependabot secrets
shortTitle: Secrets
intro: >-
  Use the REST API to manage {% data variables.product.prodname_dependabot %}
  secrets for an organization or repository.
topics:
  - API
versions: # DO NOT MANUALLY EDIT. CHANGES WILL BE OVERWRITTEN BY A 🤖
  fpt: '*'
  ghec: '*'
  ghes: '*'
allowTitleToDifferFromFilename: true
autogenerated: rest
---

## About {% data variables.product.prodname_dependabot %} secrets

You can create, update, delete, and retrieve information about encrypted secrets using the REST API. {% data reusables.actions.about-secrets %} For more information, see "[AUTOTITLE](/code-security/dependabot/working-with-dependabot/configuring-access-to-private-registries-for-dependabot#storing-credentials-for-dependabot-to-use)."

{% data reusables.actions.actions-authentication %} {% data variables.product.prodname_github_apps %} must have the `dependabot_secrets` permission to use these endpoints. Authenticated users must have collaborator access to a repository to create, update, or read secrets.

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