---
title: Plaintext
summary: Plaintext decrypts and returns the secret value as a byte slice for the given secret store and secret name.
url: https://www.fastly.com/documentation/reference/compute/sdks/go/compute-sdk-go/secretstore/fn.Plaintext/
---

**Kind:** Function  
**Module:** [secretstore](https://www.fastly.com/documentation/reference/compute/sdks/go/compute-sdk-go/secretstore/)  
**Package:** compute-sdk-go v1.11.0  
**Source:** https://github.com/fastly/compute-sdk-go/blob/d6bf71b04516ed72d6018cab6fff701a865f86e5/secretstore/secretstore.go#L138

```go
func Plaintext(storeName, secretName string) ([]byte, error)
```

Plaintext decrypts and returns the secret value as a byte slice for
the given secret store and secret name.

This is a convenience function that combines the functionality of
[Open](https://www.fastly.com/documentation/reference/compute/sdks/go/compute-sdk-go/secretstore/fn.Open/), [Store.Get](https://www.fastly.com/documentation/reference/compute/sdks/go/compute-sdk-go/secretstore/struct.Store/#method-Get), and [Secret.Plaintext](https://www.fastly.com/documentation/reference/compute/sdks/go/compute-sdk-go/secretstore/struct.Secret/#method-Plaintext).

**Parameters**

- `storeName`: `string`
- `secretName`: `string`

**Returns**

`([]byte, error)`