How can I use secrets (i.e. API keys) in my automations?

Kitchn offers a simple way to securely and safely store frequently used secrets. This is especially useful for storing API keys that you use to access external APIs.

In your Kitchn backend, head to Settings (lower left corner in the sidebar) and then click on the tab Secrets:

Click on Create a secret. A modal will appear where you can enter the secret and click Create to store it.

You can refer to secrets simply by using the syntax {{secrets.SECRET_NAME}} anywhere in the Kitchn platform. Here’s an example: When making a call to an external API with the Post Url node, we want to pass the API Key we just created with the name API_KEY as an Authorization Header. To do so, add a header to the node and enter {{secrets.API_KEY}} as the value. This will automatically be replaced with the actual key at runtime.