Read all secrets for an Infisical project, environment and secret path via the REST API
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Documented steps
Obtain a machine identity access token via POST /api/v1/auth/universal-auth/login, and collect the target Project ID and environment slug (dev, staging, prod) from Project Settings.
Decide the secretPath. It is folder-style and defaults to '/' (e.g. /backend/config).
Call: curl -X GET 'https://us.infisical.com/api/v4/secrets?projectId=<PROJECT_ID>&environment=<ENV_SLUG>&secretPath=/' -H 'Authorization: Bearer <ACCESS_TOKEN>'
Use https://eu.infisical.com for EU cloud or your own host for self-hosted (http://localhost:8080 in local dev).
Add &recursive=true to include secrets in subfolders below the given path; it defaults to false.
Set &viewSecretValue=false to return keys and metadata without decrypted values (defaults to true).
Set &expandSecretReferences=false to receive raw reference syntax instead of resolved values (defaults to true).
Parse the JSON secrets array (id, secretKey, secretValue, environment, secretPath, createdAt, updatedAt) and the imports array if imports were included.
Handle 401 (expired token - re-authenticate), 403 (project role lacks permission on that environment/path) and 429 (rate limited - back off).
Official docs (verified 2026-07-29): https://infisical.com/docs/api-reference/endpoints/secrets/list | https://infisical.com/docs/api-reference/overview/introduction
Known gotchas
The current secrets endpoint is GET /api/v4/secrets. Older tutorials referencing /api/v3/secrets/raw are out of date - check the version prefix per resource, since Infisical versions endpoints independently.
Every query parameter including projectId and environment is technically optional in the schema, so a malformed call returns unexpected results rather than a clear validation error. Always pass them explicitly.
recursive defaults to false, so secrets in nested folders are silently excluded unless requested.
viewSecretValue and expandSecretReferences both default to true, so the response contains plaintext by default - secure transport and logging accordingly.
Infisical Cloud rate limits: Free 200 read/min, 90 write/min, 120 secret/min, 30 identity-creation/min, 30 project-creation/min; Pro 350/200/300/30/30. Self-hosted instances have no such limits.
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