Go SDK

The Go language wrapper for interacting with the Bitwarden Secrets Manager. The SDK, like the Secrets Manager CLI built on-top of it, can be used to execute the following operations:

Authenticate using an access token.
Retrieve a single secret or all secrets in a project.
List all secrets, secrets in a project, or projects.

Requirements

Setting up a Secrets Manager account prior to using the Go SDK is recommended. This includes:

Enabling the Secrets Manager CLI.
Setting up machine accounts.
Setting up access tokens.

Dependencies

Go installed
C environment to run CGO

GitHub Repository

Locate the Go GitHub repository here.

Initialize Secrets Manager client

To initialize the client, first import the SDK and create a new BitwardenClient instance:

import "github.com/bitwarden/sdk/languages/go"

bitwardenClient, _ := sdk.NewBitwardenClient(&apiURL, &identityURL)

Login to the Secrets Manager client using an access token. Define some statePath and pass it to use state, or pass nil instead to not use state.

statePath := os.Getenv("STATE_PATH")

err := bitwardenClient.AccessTokenLogin(accessToken, &statePath)

Secrets Manager operations

Once the Bitwarden client has been created and authorized, Secrets Manager CLI commands can be passed into the client.

Projects

The project command is used to access, manipulate, and create projects. The scope of access assigned to your machine account will determine what actions can be completed with the project command.

create project

project, err := client.Projects.Create("organization_id", "project_name")

list projects

projects, err := client.Projects.List("organization_id")

update project

project, err := client.Projects.Update("project_id", "organization_id", "new_project_name")

delete project

project, err := client.Projects.Delete([]string{"project_id_1", "project_id_2"})

Secrets

The secret command is used to access, manipulate and create secrets. As with all commands, secrets and projects outside your access token’s scope of access cannot be read or written-to.

create secret

secret, err := client.Secrets.Create("key", "value", "note", "organization_id", []string{"project_id"})

list secrets

secrets, err := client.Secrets.List("organization_id")

update secret

secret, err := client.Secrets.Update("secret_id", "new_key", "new_value", "new_note", "organization_id", []string{"project_id"})

delete secrets

secret, err := client.Secrets.Delete([]string{"secret_id_1", "secret_id_2"})

Close client

defer bitwardenClient.Close()