Infisical Python SDK

If you’re working with Python, the official infisical-python package is the easiest way to fetch and work with secrets for your application.

• PyPi Package
• Github Repository

Basic Usage

from flask import Flask
from infisical_client import ClientSettings, InfisicalClient, GetSecretOptions

app = Flask(__name__)

client = InfisicalClient(ClientSettings(
    client_id="MACHINE_IDENTITY_CLIENT_ID",
    client_secret="MACHINE_IDENTITY_CLIENT_SECRET",
))

@app.route("/")
def hello_world():
    # access value

    name = client.getSecret(options=GetSecretOptions(
       environment="dev",
       project_id="PROJECT_ID",
       secret_name="NAME"
    ))

    return f"Hello! My name is: {name.secret_value}"

This example demonstrates how to use the Infisical Python SDK with a Flask application. The application retrieves a secret named “NAME” and responds to requests with a greeting that includes the secret value.

We do not recommend hardcoding your Machine Identity Tokens. Setting it as an environment variable would be best.

Installation

Run pip to add infisical-python to your project

$ pip install infisical-python

Note: You need Python 3.7+.

Configuration

Import the SDK and create a client instance with your Machine Identity.

from infisical_client import ClientSettings, InfisicalClient

client = InfisicalClient(ClientSettings(
    client_id="MACHINE_IDENTITY_CLIENT_ID",
    client_secret="MACHINE_IDENTITY_CLIENT_SECRET",
))

Parameters

options · object

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client_id · string

Your Infisical Client ID.

client_secret · string

Your Infisical Client Secret.

access_token · string

If you want to directly pass an access token obtained from the authentication endpoints, you can do so.

cache_ttl · number · default: "300"

Time-to-live (in seconds) for refreshing cached secrets. If manually set to 0, caching will be disabled, this is not recommended.

site_url · string · default: "https://app.infisical.com"

Your self-hosted absolute site URL including the protocol (e.g. https://app.infisical.com)

Caching

To reduce the number of API requests, the SDK temporarily stores secrets it retrieves. By default, a secret remains cached for 5 minutes after it’s first fetched. Each time it’s fetched again, this 5-minute timer resets. You can adjust this caching duration by setting the “cache_ttl” option when creating the client.

Working with Secrets

client.listSecrets(options)

client.listSecrets(options=ListSecretsOptions(
    environment="dev",
    project_id="PROJECT_ID"
))

Retrieve all secrets within the Infisical project and environment that client is connected to

Parameters

Parameters · object

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environment · string · required

The slug name (dev, prod, etc) of the environment from where secrets should be fetched from.

project_id · string · required

The project ID where the secret lives in.

path · string

The path from where secrets should be fetched from.

attach_to_process_env · boolean · default: "false"

Whether or not to set the fetched secrets to the process environment. If true, you can access the secrets like so process.env["SECRET_NAME"].

include_imports · boolean · default: "false"

Whether or not to include imported secrets from the current path. Read about secret import

client.getSecret(options)

secret = client.getSecret(options=GetSecretOptions(
    environment="dev",
    project_id="PROJECT_ID",
    secret_name="API_KEY"
))
value = secret.secret_value # get its value

By default, getSecret() fetches and returns a shared secret. If not found, it returns a personal secret.

Parameters

Parameters · object

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secret_name · string · required

The key of the secret to retrieve

environment · string · required

The slug name (dev, prod, etc) of the environment from where secrets should be fetched from.

project_id · string · required

The project ID where the secret lives in.

path · string

The path from where secret should be fetched from.

type · string

The type of the secret. Valid options are “shared” or “personal”. If not specified, the default value is “personal”.

include_imports · boolean · default: "false"

Whether or not to include imported secrets from the current path. Read about secret import

client.createSecret(options)

api_key = client.createSecret(options=CreateSecretOptions(
    secret_name="API_KEY",
    secret_value="Some API Key",
    environment="dev",
    project_id="PROJECT_ID"
))

Create a new secret in Infisical.

Parameters

Parameters · object

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secret_name · string · required

The key of the secret to create.

secret_value · string · required

The value of the secret.

project_id · string · required

The project ID where the secret lives in.

environment · string · required

The slug name (dev, prod, etc) of the environment from where secrets should be fetched from.

path · string

The path from where secret should be created.

type · string

The type of the secret. Valid options are “shared” or “personal”. If not specified, the default value is “shared”.

client.updateSecret(options)

client.updateSecret(options=UpdateSecretOptions(
    secret_name="API_KEY",
    secret_value="NEW_VALUE",
    environment="dev",
    project_id="PROJECT_ID"
))

Update an existing secret in Infisical.

Parameters

Parameters · object

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secret_name · string · required

The key of the secret to update.

secret_value · string · required

The new value of the secret.

project_id · string · required

The project ID where the secret lives in.

environment · string · required

The slug name (dev, prod, etc) of the environment from where secrets should be fetched from.

path · string

The path from where secret should be updated.

type · string

The type of the secret. Valid options are “shared” or “personal”. If not specified, the default value is “shared”.

client.deleteSecret(options)

client.deleteSecret(options=DeleteSecretOptions(
    environment="dev",
    project_id="PROJECT_ID",
    secret_name="API_KEY"
))

Delete a secret in Infisical.

Parameters

Parameters · object

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secret_name · string

The key of the secret to update.

project_id · string · required

The project ID where the secret lives in.

environment · string · required

The slug name (dev, prod, etc) of the environment from where secrets should be fetched from.

path · string

The path from where secret should be deleted.

type · string

The type of the secret. Valid options are “shared” or “personal”. If not specified, the default value is “shared”.

Cryptography

Create a symmetric key

Create a base64-encoded, 256-bit symmetric key to be used for encryption/decryption.

key = client.createSymmetricKey()

Returns (string)

key (string): A base64-encoded, 256-bit symmetric key, that can be used for encryption/decryption purposes.

Encrypt symmetric

encryptOptions = EncryptSymmetricOptions(
    key=key,
    plaintext="Infisical is awesome!"
)

encryptedData = client.encryptSymmetric(encryptOptions)

Parameters

Parameters · object · required

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plaintext · string

The plaintext you want to encrypt.

key · string · required

The symmetric key to use for encryption.

Returns (object)

tag (string): A base64-encoded, 128-bit authentication tag. iv (string): A base64-encoded, 96-bit initialization vector. ciphertext (string): A base64-encoded, encrypted ciphertext.

Decrypt symmetric

decryptOptions = DecryptSymmetricOptions(
    ciphertext=encryptedData.ciphertext,
    iv=encryptedData.iv,
    tag=encryptedData.tag,
    key=key
)

decryptedString = client.decryptSymmetric(decryptOptions)

Parameters

Parameters · object · required

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ciphertext · string

The ciphertext you want to decrypt.

key · string · required

The symmetric key to use for encryption.

iv · string · required

The initialization vector to use for decryption.

tag · string · required

The authentication tag to use for decryption.

Returns (string)

plaintext (string): The decrypted plaintext.

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