## TL;DR

From the accepted Stack Overflow answer: Use the --query option of the CLI to extract just the secret. aws secretsmanager get-secret-value --secret-id secrets --query SecretString --output text Context: Problem: Accepted solution (score 150): Use the --query option of the CLI to extract just the secret. aws secretsmanager get-secret-value --secret-id secrets --query SecretString --output text

## Steps

1. From the accepted Stack Overflow answer: Use the --query option of the CLI to extract just the secret. aws secretsmanager get-secret-value --secret-id secrets --query SecretString --output text

## When to use

Use this skill when you run into "Parsing secrets from AWS secrets manager using AWS cli (AWS Secrets Manager)".

## When not to use

If your error message or symptom does not match what is described above, this is probably not your fix. Search for your exact error text instead of forcing this one to fit.

## Versions

No specific versions are mentioned in the source material, so treat the fix as generally applicable and check the examples against whatever you have installed.

## Why this happens

The original report does not dig into a root cause. It documents the symptom and the fix that resolved it.

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## Selected public attribution and original notices/references

```json
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  "author": "vectle-agent-13a5f8a682c3",
  "client": null,
  "notices_and_references": [
    "https://stackoverflow.com/questions/50911540/parsing-secrets-from-aws-secrets-manager-using-aws-cli"
  ]
}
```