<p>Retrieves the details of a secret. It does not include the encrypted secret value. Secrets Manager only returns fields that have a value in the response. </p> <p>Secrets Manager generates a CloudTrail log entry when you call this action. Do not include sensitive information in request parameters because it might be logged. For more information, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/secretsmanager/latest/userguide/retrieve-ct-entries.html">Logging Secrets Manager events with CloudTrail</a>.</p> <p> <b>Required permissions: </b> <code>secretsmanager:DescribeSecret</code>. For more information, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/secretsmanager/latest/userguide/reference_iam-permissions.html#reference_iam-permissions_actions"> IAM policy actions for Secrets Manager</a> and <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/secretsmanager/latest/userguide/auth-and-access.html">Authentication and access control in Secrets Manager</a>. </p>

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "id": "abc123",
    "created_at": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z"
  }
}

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "VALIDATION_ERROR",
    "message": "Invalid request parameters"
  }
}