[ponytech]

Is there an API to programmatically retrieve secrets or is it CLI only?

On a previous project I used the HVAC python library to get secrets from Vault and configure a Django project. (thus not using env vars at all) It would be nice to be able to do the same with Infisical.

[tony-infisical]

Hello!

There is a backend API (that the web UI and CLI connect to) but it's not yet publicly documented. We've wanted to do that for a while now but have just been swamped with requests for features honestly — It's just a matter of time :)

Would love to keep you updated with the progress of that over at our Slack community!

[mariopt]

Love this project but, please, give us a way to use it without the CLI. Not really keen on having the CLI on my package.json

[tony-infisical]

Definitely and will keep y'all posted on this!

[vmatsiiako]

This is something that we are actively thinking about actually! It's currently CLI only. API's definitely quite a lot of work, but it's probably worth it. Could you please create an issue for it here: https://github.com/Infisical/infisical/issues

This way, you can stay updated about when it's ready. Thank you!

[ponytech]

Done https://github.com/Infisical/infisical/issues/138

[linuxdude314]

Does that imply that your CLI is directly connecting to MongoDB without some sort of backend service running?

[vmatsiiako]

No, our CLI is connecting to our backend service which then connects to our database. The backend is not ready to be used by the public as it's not super user-friendly and not well-documented; however, this is a great idea and would increase the use case for Infisical