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Accesses a SecretVersion. This call returns the secret data.
projects/*/secrets/*/versions/latest is an alias to the most recently
created SecretVersion.
Arguments
Parameters
name
string
Required. The resource name of the SecretVersion in the format projects/*/secrets/*/versions/*. projects/*/secrets/*/versions/latest is an alias to the most recently created SecretVersion.
Raised exceptions
Exceptions
ConnectionError
In case of a network problem (such as DNS failure or refused connection).
HttpError
If the response status is >= 400 (excluding 429 and 503).
TimeoutError
If a long-running operation takes longer to finish than the specified timeout limit.
TypeError
If an operation or function receives an argument of the wrong type.
ValueError
If an operation or function receives an argument of the right type but an inappropriate value. For example, a negative timeout.
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