# BitwardenSecretManagerResource.getSecret

- Module: [CommunityToolkit.Aspire.Hosting.Bitwarden.SecretManager](/reference/api/typescript/communitytoolkit.aspire.hosting.bitwarden.secretmanager.md)
- Defined on: [BitwardenSecretManagerResource](/reference/api/typescript/communitytoolkit.aspire.hosting.bitwarden.secretmanager/bitwardensecretmanagerresource.md)
- Version: `13.5.0`
- Kind: `method`

Gets or creates a Bitwarden secret reference whose Aspire and remote names are the same. The secret must already exist in Bitwarden; use `AddSecret` if Aspire should own and write the secret value.

## Definition

```typescript
interface BitwardenSecretManagerResource {
  // ... omitted for brevity
  getSecret(name: string): BitwardenSecretResource;
}
```

## Signature

```typescript
getSecret(name: string): BitwardenSecretResource
```

## Parameters

- `name` (`string`)

## Returns

[BitwardenSecretResource](/reference/api/typescript/communitytoolkit.aspire.hosting.bitwarden.secretmanager/bitwardensecretresource.md) `builder`

## Defined on

- [BitwardenSecretManagerResource](/reference/api/typescript/communitytoolkit.aspire.hosting.bitwarden.secretmanager/bitwardensecretmanagerresource.md) -- `handle`