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HashiCorp Vault Secrets - Transit API

Transit secrets engine (encryption as a service)

HashiCorp Vault Secrets - Transit API is one of 9 APIs that HashiCorp Vault publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Secrets - Transit. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, authentication docs, and a getting-started guide.

This API exposes 5 operations across 3 paths. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 1.15.0.

Requests are made against 2 base URLs: https://127.0.0.1:8200/v1, https://{vault_host}:{port}/v1.

5 operations 3 paths 0 schemas 1 DELETE1 GET3 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
1.15.0
Base URL
https://127.0.0.1:8200/v1
Authentication
API Key
Contact
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

HashiCorp Vault Secrets - Transit API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as X-Vault-Token (VaultToken). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • VaultToken — Vault client token

Paths & Operations 5

Across 3 paths, the API surfaces 5 operations — 1 DELETE, 1 GET, 3 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Secrets - Transit 5

Transit secrets engine (encryption as a service)

POST
/transit/encrypt/{name}
Encrypt data
transitEncrypt 1 param body → 200
POST
/transit/decrypt/{name}
Decrypt data
transitDecrypt 1 param body → 200
POST
/transit/keys/{name}
Create an encryption key
createTransitKey 1 param body → 204
GET
/transit/keys/{name}
Read an encryption key
getTransitKey 1 param → 200
DELETE
/transit/keys/{name}
Delete an encryption key
deleteTransitKey 1 param → 204

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

hashicorp-vault-secrets-transit-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs HashiCorp Vault publishes across the network.

HashiCorp Vault Auth - AppRole API
HashiCorp Vault Auth - Token API
HashiCorp Vault Auth - Userpass API
HashiCorp Vault Identity API
HashiCorp Vault Leases API
HashiCorp Vault Policy API
HashiCorp Vault Secrets - KV v2 API
HashiCorp Vault System API