Create External Secrets via n8n API

[qvoglund]

I was perusing the n8n api documentation and didn’t see a way to activate or create an external secret using an api call. This would be beneficial because I would like to rotate my AWS credentials and would need a way to update them in n8n.

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• n8n version: 1.120.4
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• Running n8n via (Docker, npm, n8n cloud, desktop app):
• Operating system: n8n Cloud

[mohamed3nan]

Hello @qvoglund

@qvoglund

I was perusing the n8n api documentation and didn’t see a way to activate or create an external secret using an api call

Yes, this is not possible at the moment,
but about rotating credentials, you might find this topic useful:

Rotate N8N_ENCRYPTION_KEY

Hello We would like to rotate N8N_ENCRYPTION_KEY in our n8n instances, how it’s possible without losing all our credentials ? Thanks for your answer

[qvoglund]

@mohamed3nan thanks for getting back to me. In that case is there a way to store a secret as a variable in n8n. A way to store it in an encrypted hidden manner?