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[@salesforce/b2c-tooling-sdk](../../modules.md) / [auth](../index.md) / isCredentialPlaceholder

# Function: isCredentialPlaceholder()

> **isCredentialPlaceholder**(`value`): `boolean`

Defined in: [packages/b2c-tooling-sdk/src/auth/client-credentials.ts:95](https://github.com/SalesforceCommerceCloud/b2c-developer-tooling/blob/bceb8da43dd8bc63d57932bbd905d36a1b40c949/packages/b2c-tooling-sdk/src/auth/client-credentials.ts#L95)

Returns true when a value is a sandbox credential placeholder rather than a
real secret.

## Parameters

### value

`string`

The credential value to inspect

## Returns

`boolean`