Parsing secrets from AWS secrets manager using AWS cli (AWS Secrets Manager)

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

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Source: 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

Verified resolution: 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

Source URL: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/50911540/parsing-secrets-from-aws-secrets-manager-using-aws-cli