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[@salesforce/b2c-tooling-sdk](../../modules.md) / [openshell](../index.md) / secretNeedsBodyAuth

# Function: secretNeedsBodyAuth()

> **secretNeedsBodyAuth**(`secret`): `boolean`

Defined in: [packages/b2c-tooling-sdk/src/openshell/setup.ts:178](https://github.com/SalesforceCommerceCloud/b2c-developer-tooling/blob/bceb8da43dd8bc63d57932bbd905d36a1b40c949/packages/b2c-tooling-sdk/src/openshell/setup.ts#L178)

Returns true when a secret sent in an unencoded Basic header would reach
Account Manager altered (it form-decodes `+` and `%xx`).

## Parameters

### secret

`string`

## Returns

`boolean`