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deleteSecret

SecretsManagerClient.deleteSecret deletes a secret from AWS’ secrets manager.

Parameters

ParameterTypeDescription
secretIDstringThe ARN or name of the secret to update.
options{ recoveryWindow: 30, noRecovery: false }Use options to control the deletion behavior. recoveryWindow defines how long a secret will remain “soft-deleted”, in days, before being hard-deleted. noRecovery set to true would hard-delete the secret immediately. Note that both options are exclusive.

Returns

TypeDescription
Promise<void>A promise that will be resolved when the secret is deleted

Example

JavaScript
import { AWSConfig, SecretsManagerClient } from 'https://jslib.k6.io/aws/0.11.0/secrets-manager.js';

const awsConfig = new AWSConfig({
  region: __ENV.AWS_REGION,
  accessKeyId: __ENV.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID,
  secretAccessKey: __ENV.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY,
});

const secretsManager = new SecretsManagerClient(awsConfig);
const testSecretName = 'jslib-test-secret';
const testSecretValue = 'jslib-test-value';

export default async function () {
  // Let's make sure our test secret is created
  const testSecret = await secretsManager.createSecret(
    testSecretName,
    testSecretValue,
    'this is a test secret, delete me.'
  );

  // Let's hard delete our test secret and verify it worked
  await secretsManager.deleteSecret(testSecretName, { noRecovery: true });
}

A k6 script that will delete a secret in AWS secrets manager