# Azure Key Vault Secrets client library for Python
Azure Key Vault helps solve the following problems:
- Secrets management (this library) -
securely store and control access to tokens, passwords, certificates, API keys,
and other secrets
- Cryptographic key management
([azure-keyvault-keys](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/tree/main/sdk/keyvault/azure-keyvault-keys)) -
create, store, and control access to the keys used to encrypt your data
- Certificate management
([azure-keyvault-certificates](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/tree/main/sdk/keyvault/azure-keyvault-certificates)) -
create, manage, and deploy public and private SSL/TLS certificates
- Vault administration ([azure-keyvault-administration](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/tree/main/sdk/keyvault/azure-keyvault-administration)) - role-based access control (RBAC), and vault-level backup and restore options
[Source code][library_src]
| [Package (PyPI)][pypi_package_secrets]
| [Package (Conda)](https://anaconda.org/microsoft/azure-keyvault/)
| [API reference documentation][reference_docs]
| [Product documentation][azure_keyvault]
| [Samples][secret_samples]
## _Disclaimer_
_Azure SDK Python packages support for Python 2.7 has ended 01 January 2022. For more information and questions, please refer to https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/issues/20691_.
_Python 3.7 or later is required to use this package. For more details, please refer to [Azure SDK for Python version support policy](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/wiki/Azure-SDKs-Python-version-support-policy)._
## Getting started
### Install packages
Install [azure-keyvault-secrets][pypi_package_secrets] and
[azure-identity][azure_identity_pypi] with [pip][pip]:
```Bash
pip install azure-keyvault-secrets azure-identity
```
[azure-identity][azure_identity] is used for Azure Active Directory
authentication as demonstrated below.
### Prerequisites
* An [Azure subscription][azure_sub]
* Python 3.7 or later
* An existing [Azure Key Vault][azure_keyvault]. If you need to create one, you can do so using the Azure CLI by following the steps in [this document][azure_keyvault_cli].
### Authenticate the client
In order to interact with the Azure Key Vault service, you will need an instance of a [SecretClient][secret_client_docs], as well as a **vault url** and a credential object. This document demonstrates using a [DefaultAzureCredential][default_cred_ref], which is appropriate for most scenarios, including local development and production environments. We recommend using a [managed identity][managed_identity] for authentication in production environments.
See [azure-identity][azure_identity] documentation for more information about other methods of authentication and their corresponding credential types.
#### Create a client
After configuring your environment for the [DefaultAzureCredential][default_cred_ref] to use a suitable method of authentication, you can do the following to create a secret client (replacing the value of `VAULT_URL` with your vault's URL):
<!-- SNIPPET:hello_world.create_secret_client -->
```python
VAULT_URL = os.environ["VAULT_URL"]
credential = DefaultAzureCredential()
client = SecretClient(vault_url=VAULT_URL, credential=credential)
```
<!-- END SNIPPET -->
> **NOTE:** For an asynchronous client, import `azure.keyvault.secrets.aio`'s `SecretClient` instead.
## Key concepts
### Secret
A secret consists of a secret value and its associated metadata and management
information. This library handles secret values as strings, but Azure Key Vault
doesn't store them as such. For more information about secrets and how Key
Vault stores and manages them, see the
[Key Vault documentation](https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/key-vault/general/about-keys-secrets-certificates).
[SecretClient][secret_client_docs] can set secret values in the vault, update
secret metadata, and delete secrets, as shown in the
[examples](#examples) below.
## Examples
This section contains code snippets covering common tasks:
* [Set a secret](#set-a-secret)
* [Retrieve a secret](#retrieve-a-secret)
* [Update secret metadata](#update-secret-metadata)
* [Delete a secret](#delete-a-secret)
* [List secrets](#list-secrets)
* [Async API](#async-api)
* [Asynchronously create a secret](#asynchronously-create-a-secret)
* [Asynchronously list secrets](#asynchronously-list-secrets)
### Set a secret
[set_secret](https://aka.ms/azsdk/python/keyvault-secrets/docs#azure.keyvault.secrets.SecretClient.set_secret)
creates new secrets and changes the values of existing secrets. If no secret with the
given name exists, `set_secret` creates a new secret with that name and the
given value. If the given name is in use, `set_secret` creates a new version
of that secret, with the given value.
```python
from azure.identity import DefaultAzureCredential
from azure.keyvault.secrets import SecretClient
credential = DefaultAzureCredential()
secret_client = SecretClient(vault_url="https://my-key-vault.vault.azure.net/", credential=credential)
secret = secret_client.set_secret("secret-name", "secret-value")
print(secret.name)
print(secret.value)
print(secret.properties.version)
```
### Retrieve a secret
[get_secret](https://aka.ms/azsdk/python/keyvault-secrets/docs#azure.keyvault.secrets.SecretClient.get_secret)
retrieves a secret previously stored in the Key Vault.
```python
from azure.identity import DefaultAzureCredential
from azure.keyvault.secrets import SecretClient
credential = DefaultAzureCredential()
secret_client = SecretClient(vault_url="https://my-key-vault.vault.azure.net/", credential=credential)
secret = secret_client.get_secret("secret-name")
print(secret.name)
print(secret.value)
```
### Update secret metadata
[update_secret_properties](https://aka.ms/azsdk/python/keyvault-secrets/docs#azure.keyvault.secrets.SecretClient.update_secret_properties)
updates a secret's metadata. It cannot change the secret's value; use [set_secret](#set-a-secret) to set a secret's
value.
```python
from azure.identity import DefaultAzureCredential
from azure.keyvault.secrets import SecretClient
credential = DefaultAzureCredential()
secret_client = SecretClient(vault_url="https://my-key-vault.vault.azure.net/", credential=credential)
# Clients may specify the content type of a secret to assist in interpreting the secret data when it's retrieved
content_type = "text/plain"
# We will also disable the secret for further use
updated_secret_properties = secret_client.update_secret_properties("secret-name", content_type=content_type, enabled=False)
print(updated_secret_properties.updated_on)
print(updated_secret_properties.content_type)
print(updated_secret_properties.enabled)
```
### Delete a secret
[begin_delete_secret](https://aka.ms/azsdk/python/keyvault-secrets/docs#azure.keyvault.secrets.SecretClient.begin_delete_secret)
requests Key Vault delete a secret, returning a poller which allows you to wait for the deletion to finish. Waiting is
helpful when the vault has [soft-delete][soft_delete] enabled, and you want to purge (permanently delete) the secret as
soon as possible. When [soft-delete][soft_delete] is disabled, `begin_delete_secret` itself is permanent.
```python
from azure.identity import DefaultAzureCredential
from azure.keyvault.secrets import SecretClient
credential = DefaultAzureCredential()
secret_client = SecretClient(vault_url="https://my-key-vault.vault.azure.net/", credential=credential)
deleted_secret = secret_client.begin_delete_secret("secret-name").result()
print(deleted_secret.name)
print(deleted_secret.deleted_date)
```
### List secrets
[list_properties_of_secrets](https://aka.ms/azsdk/python/keyvault-secrets/docs#azure.keyvault.secrets.SecretClient.list_properties_of_secrets)
lists the properties of all of the secrets in the client's vault. This list doesn't include the secret's values.
```python
from azure.identity import DefaultAzureCredential
from azure.keyvault.secrets import SecretClient
credential = DefaultAzureCredential()
secret_client = SecretClient(vault_url="https://my-key-vault.vault.azure.net/", credential=credential)
secret_properties = secret_client.list_properties_of_secrets()
for secret_property in secret_properties:
# the list doesn't include values or versions of the secrets
print(secret_property.name)
```
### Async API
This library includes a complete set of async APIs. To use them, you must
first install an async transport, such as [aiohttp](https://pypi.org/project/aiohttp/).
See
[azure-core documentation](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/blob/main/sdk/core/azure-core/CLIENT_LIBRARY_DEVELOPER.md#transport)
for more information.
Async clients and credentials should be closed when they're no longer needed. These
objects are async context managers and define async `close` methods. For
example:
```python
from azure.identity.aio import DefaultAzureCredential
from azure.keyvault.secrets.aio import SecretClient
credential = DefaultAzureCredential()
# call close when the client and credential are no longer needed
client = SecretClient(vault_url="https://my-key-vault.vault.azure.net/", credential=credential)
...
await client.close()
await credential.close()
# alternatively, use them as async context managers (contextlib.AsyncExitStack can help)
client = SecretClient(vault_url="https://my-key-vault.vault.azure.net/", credential=credential)
async with client:
async with credential:
...
```
### Asynchronously create a secret
[set_secret](https://aka.ms/azsdk/python/keyvault-secrets/aio/docs#azure.keyvault.secrets.aio.SecretClient.set_secret)
creates a secret in the Key Vault with the specified optional arguments.
```python
from azure.identity.aio import DefaultAzureCredential
from azure.keyvault.secrets.aio import SecretClient
credential = DefaultAzureCredential()
secret_client = SecretClient(vault_url="https://my-key-vault.vault.azure.net/", credential=credential)
secret = await secret_client.set_secret("secret-name", "secret-value")
print(secret.name)
print(secret.value)
print(secret.properties.version)
```
### Asynchronously list secrets
[list_properties_of_secrets](https://aka.ms/azsdk/python/keyvault-secrets/aio/docs#azure.keyvault.secrets.aio.SecretClient.list_properties_of_secrets)
lists the properties of all of the secrets in the client's vault.
```python
from azure.identity.aio import DefaultAzureCredential
from azure.keyvault.secrets.aio import SecretClient
credential = DefaultAzureCredential()
secret_client = SecretClient(vault_url="https://my-key-vault.vault.azure.net/", credential=credential)
secret_properties = secret_client.list_properties_of_secrets()
async for secret_property in secret_properties:
# the list doesn't include values or versions of the secrets
print(secret_property.name)
```
## Troubleshooting
See the `azure-keyvault-secrets`
[troubleshooting guide](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/tree/main/sdk/keyvault/azure-keyvault-secrets/TROUBLESHOOTING.md)
for details on how to diagnose various failure scenarios.
### General
Key Vault clients raise exceptions defined in [azure-core][azure_core_exceptions].
For example, if you try to get a key that doesn't exist in the vault,
[SecretClient][secret_client_docs] raises
[ResourceNotFoundError](https://aka.ms/azsdk-python-core-exceptions-resource-not-found-error):
```python
from azure.identity import DefaultAzureCredential
from azure.keyvault.secrets import SecretClient
from azure.core.exceptions import ResourceNotFoundError
credential = DefaultAzureCredential()
secret_client = SecretClient(vault_url="https://my-key-vault.vault.azure.net/", credential=credential)
try:
secret_client.get_secret("which-does-not-exist")
except ResourceNotFoundError as e:
print(e.message)
```
### Logging
This library uses the standard
[logging](https://docs.python.org/3.5/library/logging.html) library for logging.
Basic information about HTTP sessions (URLs, headers, etc.) is logged at INFO
level.
Detailed DEBUG level logging, including request/response bodies and unredacted
headers, can be enabled on a client with the `logging_enable` argument:
```python
from azure.identity import DefaultAzureCredential
from azure.keyvault.secrets import SecretClient
import sys
import logging
# Create a logger for the 'azure' SDK
logger = logging.getLogger('azure')
logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
# Configure a console output
handler = logging.StreamHandler(stream=sys.stdout)
logger.addHandler(handler)
credential = DefaultAzureCredential()
# This client will log detailed information about its HTTP sessions, at DEBUG level
secret_client = SecretClient(
vault_url="https://my-key-vault.vault.azure.net/",
credential=credential,
logging_enable=True
)
```
Similarly, `logging_enable` can enable detailed logging for a single operation,
even when it isn't enabled for the client:
```python
secret_client.get_secret("my-secret", logging_enable=True)
```
## Next steps
Several samples are available in the Azure SDK for Python GitHub repository.
These provide example code for additional Key Vault scenarios:
| File | Description |
|-------------|-------------|
| [hello_world.py][hello_world_sample] ([async version][hello_world_async_sample]) | create/get/update/delete secrets |
| [list_operations.py][list_operations_sample] ([async version][list_operations_async_sample]) | basic list operations for secrets |
| [backup_restore_operations.py][backup_operations_sample] ([async version][backup_operations_async_sample]) | back up and restore secrets |
| [recover_purge_operations.py][recover_purge_sample] ([async version][recover_purge_async_sample]) | recover and purge secrets |
### Additional Documentation
For more extensive documentation on Azure Key Vault, see the
[API reference documentation][reference_docs].
## Contributing
This project welcomes contributions and suggestions. Most contributions require
you to agree to a Contributor License Agreement (CLA) declaring that you have
the right to, and actually do, grant us the rights to use your contribution.
For details, visit https://cla.microsoft.com.
When you submit a pull request, a CLA-bot will automatically determine whether
you need to provide a CLA and decorate the PR appropriately (e.g., label,
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need to do this once across all repos using our CLA.
This project has adopted the [Microsoft Open Source Code of Conduct][code_of_conduct].
For more information, see the
[Code of Conduct FAQ](https://opensource.microsoft.com/codeofconduct/faq/) or
contact opencode@microsoft.com with any additional questions or comments.
<!-- LINKS -->
[azure_cloud_shell]: https://shell.azure.com/bash
[azure_core_exceptions]: https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/tree/main/sdk/core/azure-core#azure-core-library-exceptions
[azure_identity]: https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/tree/main/sdk/identity/azure-identity
[azure_identity_pypi]: https://pypi.org/project/azure-identity/
[azure_keyvault]: https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/key-vault/general/overview
[azure_keyvault_cli]: https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/key-vault/general/quick-create-cli
[azure_sub]: https://azure.microsoft.com/free/
[backup_operations_sample]: https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/blob/main/sdk/keyvault/azure-keyvault-secrets/samples/backup_restore_operations.py
[backup_operations_async_sample]: https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/blob/main/sdk/keyvault/azure-keyvault-secrets/samples/backup_restore_operations_async.py
[code_of_conduct]: https://opensource.microsoft.com/codeofconduct/
[default_cred_ref]: https://aka.ms/azsdk/python/identity/docs#azure.identity.DefaultAzureCredential
[hello_world_sample]: https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/blob/main/sdk/keyvault/azure-keyvault-secrets/samples/hello_world.py
[hello_world_async_sample]: https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/blob/main/sdk/keyvault/azure-keyvault-secrets/samples/hello_world_async.py
[library_src]: https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/tree/main/sdk/keyvault/azure-keyvault-secrets/azure/keyvault/secrets
[list_operations_sample]: https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/blob/main/sdk/keyvault/azure-keyvault-secrets/samples/list_operations.py
[list_operations_async_sample]: https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/blob/main/sdk/keyvault/azure-keyvault-secrets/samples/list_operations_async.py
[managed_identity]: https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/managed-identities-azure-resources/overview
[pip]: https://pypi.org/project/pip/
[pypi_package_secrets]: https://pypi.org/project/azure-keyvault-secrets/
[recover_purge_sample]: https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/blob/main/sdk/keyvault/azure-keyvault-secrets/samples/recover_purge_operations.py
[recover_purge_async_sample]: https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/blob/main/sdk/keyvault/azure-keyvault-secrets/samples/recover_purge_operations_async.py
[reference_docs]: https://aka.ms/azsdk/python/keyvault-secrets/docs
[secret_client_docs]: https://aka.ms/azsdk/python/keyvault-secrets/docs#azure.keyvault.secrets.SecretClient
[secret_samples]: https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/tree/main/sdk/keyvault/azure-keyvault-secrets/samples
[soft_delete]: https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/key-vault/general/soft-delete-overview
![Impressions](https://azure-sdk-impressions.azurewebsites.net/api/impressions/azure-sdk-for-python%2Fsdk%2Fkeyvault%2Fazure-keyvault-secrets%2FREADME.png)
# Release History
## 4.7.0 (2023-03-16)
### Features Added
- Added support for service API version `7.4`
- Clients each have a `send_request` method that can be used to send custom requests using the
client's existing pipeline ([#25172](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/issues/25172))
### Other Changes
- Python 3.6 is no longer supported. Please use Python version 3.7 or later.
- Key Vault API version `7.4` is now the default
- Updated minimum `azure-core` version to 1.24.0
- Dropped `msrest` requirement
- Added requirement for `isodate>=0.6.1` (`isodate` was required by `msrest`)
- Added requirement for `typing-extensions>=4.0.1`
## 4.6.0 (2022-09-19)
### Breaking Changes
- Clients verify the challenge resource matches the vault domain. This should affect few customers,
who can provide `verify_challenge_resource=False` to client constructors to disable.
See https://aka.ms/azsdk/blog/vault-uri for more information.
## 4.5.1 (2022-08-11)
### Other Changes
- Documentation improvements
([#25039](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/issues/25039))
## 4.5.0b1 (2022-06-07)
### Bugs Fixed
- Port numbers are now preserved in the `vault_url` property of a `KeyVaultSecretIdentifier`
([#24446](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/issues/24446))
## 4.4.0 (2022-03-28)
### Features Added
- Key Vault API version 7.3 is now the default
- Added support for multi-tenant authentication when using `azure-identity`
1.8.0 or newer ([#20698](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/issues/20698))
- (From 4.4.0b3) Added `managed` property to SecretProperties
### Other Changes
- (From 4.4.0b3) Python 2.7 is no longer supported. Please use Python version 3.6 or later.
- Updated minimum `azure-core` version to 1.20.0
- (From 4.4.0b2) To support multi-tenant authentication, `get_token` calls during challenge
authentication requests now pass in a `tenant_id` keyword argument
([#20698](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/issues/20698)). See
https://aka.ms/azsdk/python/identity/tokencredential for more details on how to integrate
this parameter if `get_token` is implemented by a custom credential.
## 4.4.0b3 (2022-02-08)
### Features Added
- Added `managed` property to SecretProperties
### Other Changes
- Python 2.7 is no longer supported. Please use Python version 3.6 or later.
- (From 4.4.0b2) To support multi-tenant authentication, `get_token` calls during challenge
authentication requests now pass in a `tenant_id` keyword argument
([#20698](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/issues/20698))
## 4.4.0b2 (2021-11-11)
### Features Added
- Added support for multi-tenant authentication when using `azure-identity` 1.7.1 or newer
([#20698](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/issues/20698))
### Other Changes
- Updated minimum `azure-core` version to 1.15.0
## 4.4.0b1 (2021-09-09)
### Features Added
- Key Vault API version 7.3-preview is now the default
### Other Changes
- Updated type hints to fix mypy errors
([#19158](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/issues/19158))
## 4.3.0 (2021-06-22)
This is the last version to support Python 3.5. The next version will require Python 2.7 or 3.6+.
### Fixed
- Correct typing for async paging methods
### Changed
- Key Vault API version 7.2 is now the default
- Updated minimum `msrest` version to 0.6.21
### Added
- Added class `KeyVaultSecretIdentifier` that parses out a full ID returned by Key Vault,
so users can easily access the secret's `name`, `vault_url`, and `version`.
## 4.2.0 (2020-08-11)
### Fixed
- Values of `x-ms-keyvault-region` and `x-ms-keyvault-service-version` headers
are no longer redacted in logging output
### Changed
- Key Vault API version 7.1 is now the default
- Updated minimum `azure-core` version to 1.7.0
### Added
- At construction, clients accept a `CustomHookPolicy` through the optional
keyword argument `custom_hook_policy`
- All client requests include a unique ID in the header `x-ms-client-request-id`
- Dependency on `azure-common` for multiapi support
## 4.2.0b1 (2020-03-10)
- Support for Key Vault API version 7.1-preview
([#10124](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/pull/10124))
- Added `recoverable_days` to `CertificateProperties`
- Added `ApiVersion` enum identifying Key Vault versions supported by this package
## 4.1.0 (2020-03-10)
- `SecretClient` instances have a `close` method which closes opened sockets.
Used as a context manager, a `SecretClient` closes opened sockets on exit.
([#9906](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/pull/9906))
- Pollers no longer sleep after operation completion
([#9991](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/pull/9991))
## 4.0.1 (2020-02-11)
- `azure.keyvault.secrets` defines `__version__`
- Challenge authentication policy preserves request options
([#8999](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/pull/8999))
- Updated `msrest` requirement to >=0.6.0
- Challenge authentication policy requires TLS
([#9457](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/pull/9457))
- Methods no longer raise the internal error `KeyVaultErrorException`
([#9690](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/issues/9690))
## 4.0.0 (2019-10-31)
### Breaking changes:
- Moved optional parameters of two methods into kwargs (
[docs](https://azuresdkdocs.blob.core.windows.net/$web/python/azure-keyvault-secrets/4.0.0/azure.keyvault.secrets.html)
detail the new keyword arguments):
- `set_secret` now has positional parameters `name` and `value`
- `update_secret_properties` now has positional parameters `name` and
(optional) `version`
- Renamed `list_secrets` to `list_properties_of_secrets`
- Renamed `list_secret_versions` to `list_properties_of_secret_versions`
- Renamed sync method `delete_secret` to `begin_delete_secret`
- The sync method `begin_delete_secret` and async `delete_secret` now return pollers that return a `DeletedSecret`
- Renamed `Secret` to `KeyVaultSecret`
- `KeyVaultSecret` properties `created`, `expires`, and `updated` renamed to `created_on`,
`expires_on`, and `updated_on`
- The `vault_endpoint` parameter of `SecretClient` has been renamed to `vault_url`
- The property `vault_endpoint` has been renamed to `vault_url` in all models
## 4.0.0b4 (2019-10-08)
### Breaking changes:
- `Secret` now has attribute `properties`, which holds certain properties of the
secret, such as `version`. This changes the shape of the returned `Secret` type,
as certain properties of `Secret` (such as `version`) have to be accessed
through the `properties` property.
- `update_secret` has been renamed to `update_secret_properties`
- The `vault_url` parameter of `SecretClient` has been renamed to `vault_endpoint`
- The property `vault_url` has been renamed to `vault_endpoint` in all models
### Fixes and improvements
- `list_secrets` and `list_secret_versions` return the correct type
## 4.0.0b3 (2019-09-11)
This release includes only internal changes.
## 4.0.0b2 (2019-08-06)
### Breaking changes:
- Removed `azure.core.Configuration` from the public API in preparation for a
revamped configuration API. Static `create_config` methods have been renamed
`_create_config`, and will be removed in a future release.
- This version of the library requires `azure-core` 1.0.0b2
- If you later want to revert to a version requiring azure-core 1.0.0b1,
of this or another Azure SDK library, you must explicitly install azure-core
1.0.0b1 as well. For example:
`pip install azure-core==1.0.0b1 azure-keyvault-secrets==4.0.0b1`
### New features:
- Distributed tracing framework OpenCensus is now supported
- Added support for HTTP challenge based authentication, allowing clients to
interact with vaults in sovereign clouds.
## 4.0.0b1 (2019-06-28)
Version 4.0.0b1 is the first preview of our efforts to create a user-friendly
and Pythonic client library for Azure Key Vault. For more information about
preview releases of other Azure SDK libraries, please visit
https://aka.ms/azure-sdk-preview1-python.
This library is not a direct replacement for `azure-keyvault`. Applications
using that library would require code changes to use `azure-keyvault-secrets`.
This package's
[documentation](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/tree/main/sdk/keyvault/azure-keyvault-secrets/README.md)
and
[samples](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/tree/main/sdk/keyvault/azure-keyvault-secrets/samples)
demonstrate the new API.
### Major changes from `azure-keyvault`
- Packages scoped by functionality
- `azure-keyvault-secrets` contains a client for secret operations,
`azure-keyvault-keys` contains a client for key operations
- Client instances are scoped to vaults (an instance interacts with one vault
only)
- Asynchronous API supported on Python 3.5.3+
- the `azure.keyvault.secrets.aio` namespace contains an async equivalent of
the synchronous client in `azure.keyvault.secrets`
- Authentication using `azure-identity` credentials
- see this package's
[documentation](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/tree/main/sdk/keyvault/azure-keyvault-secrets/README.md)
, and the
[Azure Identity documentation](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/blob/main/sdk/identity/azure-identity/README.md)
for more information
### `azure-keyvault` features not implemented in this library
- Certificate management APIs
- National cloud support. This release supports public global cloud vaults,
e.g. https://{vault-name}.vault.azure.net