# Data retrieval APIs for AWS Secrets Manager
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AWS Secrets Manager provides the following APIs for data retrieval.


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| Actions | Description | Access level | 
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| <a name="secretsmanager-BatchGetSecretValue"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/secretsmanager/latest/apireference/API_BatchGetSecretValue.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/secretsmanager/latest/apireference/API_BatchGetSecretValue.html) | Retrieve and decrypt a list of secrets | List | 
| <a name="secretsmanager-DescribeSecret"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/secretsmanager/latest/apireference/API_DescribeSecret.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/secretsmanager/latest/apireference/API_DescribeSecret.html) | Retrieve the metadata about a secret, but not the encrypted data | Read | 
| <a name="secretsmanager-GetRandomPassword"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/secretsmanager/latest/apireference/API_GetRandomPassword.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/secretsmanager/latest/apireference/API_GetRandomPassword.html) | Generate a random string for use in password creation | Read | 
| <a name="secretsmanager-GetResourcePolicy"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/secretsmanager/latest/apireference/API_GetResourcePolicy.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/secretsmanager/latest/apireference/API_GetResourcePolicy.html) | Get the resource policy attached to a secret | Read | 
| <a name="secretsmanager-GetSecretValue"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/secretsmanager/latest/apireference/API_GetSecretValue.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/secretsmanager/latest/apireference/API_GetSecretValue.html) | Retrieve and decrypt the encrypted data | Read | 
| <a name="secretsmanager-ListSecretVersionIds"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/secretsmanager/latest/apireference/API_ListSecretVersionIds.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/secretsmanager/latest/apireference/API_ListSecretVersionIds.html) | List the available versions of a secret | Read | 
| <a name="secretsmanager-ListSecrets"></a>[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/secretsmanager/latest/apireference/API_ListSecrets.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/secretsmanager/latest/apireference/API_ListSecrets.html) | List the available secrets | List |