Example Docker Secret K8S with Python

secret

import base64
import json
from kubernetes import client, config

config.load_kube_config()
v1 = client.CoreV1Api()

cred_payload = {
    "auths": {
        "DOCKER-SERVER": {
            "Username": "DOCKER-USERNAME",
            "Password": "DOCKER-PASSWORD",
            "Email": "DOCKER-EMAIL",
        }
    }
}

data = {
    ".dockerconfigjson": base64.b64encode(
        json.dumps(cred_payload).encode()
    ).decode()
}

secret = client.V1Secret(
    api_version="v1",
    data=data,
    kind="Secret",
    metadata=dict(name="NAME", namespace="NAMESPACE"),
    type="kubernetes.io/dockerconfigjson",
)
v1.create_namespaced_secret("NAMESPACE", body=secret)