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Update Vault Description

Authorizations

Authorization
string
header
required

Your SLNG consumer API key.

Path Parameters

name
string
required

Unique name of the Vault entry whose description you are updating.

Body

application/json

The new description for the entry, or null to clear it.

Request body for updating only the description of a Vault entry. An empty or whitespace-only value clears the description.

description
string | null

New description for the entry. Provide null or an empty string to clear it.

Maximum string length: 500

Response

The Vault entry with its updated description. The stored value is unchanged.

List and detail view of a Vault entry. Secret values are never returned; variable values are returned to authorized readers in value (null for secrets).

id
string<uuid>
required
organisation_id
string<uuid>
required
name
string
required
kind
enum<string>
required

Kind of this entry: secret values are never returned, variable values are readable by authorized callers.

Available options:
secret,
variable
revision
integer
required
created_at
string<date-time>
required
updated_at
string<date-time>
required
description
string | null
value
string | null

The stored value, returned only for variables to authorized readers. Always null for secrets, whose value is never returned.

has_value
boolean
default:true

Whether a value is stored. True even for secrets, whose value is withheld from responses.

is_managed
boolean
default:false

Whether this entry is managed by SLNG rather than created directly by your organisation.

created_by
string | null
last_rotated_by
string | null
last_rotated_at
string<date-time> | null