# Is it possible to use secrets from Elasticsearch keystore in ES Watcher actions?
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-use-secrets-from-elasticsearch-keystore-in-es-watcher-actions/292755
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Tags:** elastic-stack-alerting
**Created:** [December 23, 2021, 3:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-use-secrets-from-elasticsearch-keystore-in-es-watcher-actions/292755 "2021-12-23T03:20:15Z")
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### Author:  [@andrewthetack](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/andrewthetack)
#### Post date: [December 23, 2021, 3:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-use-secrets-from-elasticsearch-keystore-in-es-watcher-actions/292755/1 "2021-12-23T03:20:15Z")
I use watchers that call custom webhooks in their actions sections. Can I refer keystore values in the Authorization headers similar to variables?
I need something similar to:
```auto
"actions": {
"my-api-notification": {
"webhook": {
"scheme": "https",
"host": "api.example.com",
"port": 443,
"method": "post",
"path": "/v1/es-alerts",
"headers": {
"Authorization": "KEY {{api_key.secret.staging}}",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
},
```
where "api\_key.secret.staging" is the name of the keystore field?
This didn't work in my case. Maybe you can suggest other options for storing shared secrets.
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### Author:  [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)
#### Post date: [December 23, 2021, 4:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-use-secrets-from-elasticsearch-keystore-in-es-watcher-actions/292755/2 "2021-12-23T04:08:02Z")
Hi @andrewthetack Welcome to the community!
Hmmm
EDIT : Actually... As I reread I think you're right. Here's a very important sentence. It looks like only `password` is supported
> Also be aware, that there is no way to configure your own fields in a watch to be encrypted.
> **[Encrypting sensitive data in Watcher | Elasticsearch Guide \[7.16\] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/7.16/encrypting-data.html)**
Perhaps someone else has an idea..
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2022, 4:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-use-secrets-from-elasticsearch-keystore-in-es-watcher-actions/292755/3 "2022-01-20T04:08:06Z")
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