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## Resource: wix-secrets-backend



## Article: Sample Flow

## Article Link: https://dev.wix.com/docs/velo/apis/wix-secrets-backend/sample-flow.md

## Article Content:


 
# Sample Flow
 

 
Follow this general procedure for working with API keys or other secrets using the Secrets Manager:
 
1. Get private information such as an API key from a 3rd-party service.
2. Store the private information as a new secret in the [Secrets Manager](https://support.wix.com/en/article/velo-working-with-the-secrets-manager) in your site's dashboard or with the [`createSecret()`](https://dev.wix.com/docs/velo/api-reference/wix-secrets-backend/create-secret.md) function. Assign a name to the secret.
3. In your backend code, instead of hardcoding the API key, use the [`getSecret()`](https://dev.wix.com/docs/velo/api-reference/wix-secrets-backend/get-secret.md) function with the secret name assigned in the Secrets Manager. When the code runs, the value of the secret is extracted from the Secrets Manager.