Added API doc for working with secrets

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+As with most other objects, the NetBox API can be used to create, modify, and delete secrets. However, additional steps are needed to encrypt or decrypt secret data.
+
+# Generating a Session Key
+
+In order to encrypt or decrypt secret data, a session key must be attached to the API request. To generate a session key, send an authenticated request to the `/api/secrets/get-session-key/` endpoint with the private RSA key which matches your [UserKey](../data-model/secrets/#user-keys). The private key must be POSTed with the name `private_key`.
+
+```
+$ curl -X POST http://localhost:8000/api/secrets/get-session-key/ \
+-H "Authorization: Token c639d619ecbeb1f3055c4141ba6870e20572edd7" \
+-H "Accept: application/json; indent=4" \
+--data-urlencode "private_key@<filename>"
+{
+    "session_key": "dyEnxlc9lnGzaOAV1dV/xqYPV63njIbdZYOgnAlGPHk="
+}
+```
+
+!!! note
+    To read the private key from a file, use the convention above. Alternatively, the private key can be read from an environment variable using `--data-urlencode "private_key=$PRIVATE_KEY"`.
+
+The request uses your private key to unlock your stored copy of the master key and generate a session key which can be attached in the `X-Session-Key` header of future API requests.
+
+# Retrieving Secrets
+
+A session key is not needed to retrieve unencrypted secrets: The secret is returned like any normal object with its `plaintext` field set to null.
+
+```
+$ curl http://localhost:8000/api/secrets/secrets/2587/ \
+-H "Authorization: Token c639d619ecbeb1f3055c4141ba6870e20572edd7" \
+-H "Accept: application/json; indent=4"
+{
+    "id": 2587,
+    "device": {
+        "id": 1827,
+        "url": "http://localhost:8000/api/dcim/devices/1827/",
+        "name": "MyTestDevice",
+        "display_name": "MyTestDevice"
+    },
+    "role": {
+        "id": 1,
+        "url": "http://localhost:8000/api/secrets/secret-roles/1/",
+        "name": "Login Credentials",
+        "slug": "login-creds"
+    },
+    "name": "admin",
+    "plaintext": null,
+    "hash": "pbkdf2_sha256$1000$G6mMFe4FetZQ$f+0itZbAoUqW5pd8+NH8W5rdp/2QNLIBb+LGdt4OSKA=",
+    "created": "2017-03-21",
+    "last_updated": "2017-03-21T19:28:44.265582Z"
+}
+```
+
+To decrypt a secret, we must include our session key in the `X-Session-Key` header:
+
+```
+$ curl http://localhost:8000/api/secrets/secrets/2587/ \
+-H "Authorization: Token c639d619ecbeb1f3055c4141ba6870e20572edd7" \
+-H "Accept: application/json; indent=4" \
+-H "X-Session-Key: dyEnxlc9lnGzaOAV1dV/xqYPV63njIbdZYOgnAlGPHk="
+{
+    "id": 2587,
+    "device": {
+        "id": 1827,
+        "url": "http://localhost:8000/api/dcim/devices/1827/",
+        "name": "MyTestDevice",
+        "display_name": "MyTestDevice"
+    },
+    "role": {
+        "id": 1,
+        "url": "http://localhost:8000/api/secrets/secret-roles/1/",
+        "name": "Login Credentials",
+        "slug": "login-creds"
+    },
+    "name": "admin",
+    "plaintext": "foobar",
+    "hash": "pbkdf2_sha256$1000$G6mMFe4FetZQ$f+0itZbAoUqW5pd8+NH8W5rdp/2QNLIBb+LGdt4OSKA=",
+    "created": "2017-03-21",
+    "last_updated": "2017-03-21T19:28:44.265582Z"
+}
+```
+
+Lists of secrets can be decrypted in this manner as well:
+
+```
+$ curl http://localhost:8000/api/secrets/secrets/?limit=3 \
+-H "Authorization: Token c639d619ecbeb1f3055c4141ba6870e20572edd7" \
+-H "Accept: application/json; indent=4" \
+-H "X-Session-Key: dyEnxlc9lnGzaOAV1dV/xqYPV63njIbdZYOgnAlGPHk="
+{
+    "count": 3482,
+    "next": "http://localhost:8000/api/secrets/secrets/?limit=3&offset=3",
+    "previous": null,
+    "results": [
+        {
+            "id": 2587,
+            ...
+            "plaintext": "foobar",
+            ...
+        },
+        {
+            "id": 2588,
+            ...
+            "plaintext": "MyP@ssw0rd!",
+            ...
+        },
+        {
+            "id": 2589,
+            ...
+            "plaintext": "AnotherSecret!",
+            ...
+        },
+    ]
+}
+```
+
+# Creating Secrets
+
+Session keys are also used to decrypt new or modified secrets. This is done by setting the `plaintext` field of the submitted object:
+
+```
+$ curl -X POST http://localhost:8000/api/secrets/secrets/ \
+-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+-H "Authorization: Token c639d619ecbeb1f3055c4141ba6870e20572edd7" \
+-H "Accept: application/json; indent=4" \
+-H "X-Session-Key: dyEnxlc9lnGzaOAV1dV/xqYPV63njIbdZYOgnAlGPHk=" \
+--data '{"device": 1827, "role": 1, "name": "backup", "plaintext": "Drowssap1"}'
+{
+    "id": 2590,
+    "device": 1827,
+    "role": 1,
+    "name": "backup",
+    "plaintext": "Drowssap1"
+}
+```
+
+!!! note
+    Don't forget to include the `Content-Type: application/json` header when making a POST request.