# API Component Password/Variable **URL:** \ **Category:** Matillion ETL\ **Created:** [December 9, 2022, 4:59pm UTC](https://matillioncommunity.discourse.group/t/api-component-password-variable/1986 "2022-12-09T16:59:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jmcroy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e68b1a/32.png) [@jmcroy](https://matillioncommunity.discourse.group/u/jmcroy)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 4:59pm UTC](https://matillioncommunity.discourse.group/t/api-component-password-variable/1986/1 "2022-12-09T16:59:42Z")
I'm trying to set up an API component to access our Matillion API resource. I'm populating the connection properties for username and password but it doesn't seem to accept a variable value (referencing our saved passwords) for the password value. It only works with a hardcoded password. Is this the correct behavior or is there a different way to get this to work with the saved passwords? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![OzW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9fc348/32.png) [@OzW](https://matillioncommunity.discourse.group/u/OzW)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2023, 6:53pm UTC](https://matillioncommunity.discourse.group/t/api-component-password-variable/1986/2 "2023-01-06T18:53:07Z")
Are you able to share a screen shot of the configuration? ---
**Author:** ![Kumar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9f8e36/32.png) [@Kumar](https://matillioncommunity.discourse.group/u/Kumar)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2025, 3:07pm UTC](https://matillioncommunity.discourse.group/t/api-component-password-variable/1986/3 "2025-03-16T15:07:36Z")
hi @jmcroy, as far as I know, it’s a limitation in Matillion ETL tool that you cannot access the Passwords stored in Matillion out of the box Password Manager. In our case, we went for a workaround and that is to store the credentials in AWS Secrets Manager and retrieve them in the Matillion job for every run of the job. Regards, Kumar