---
title: "Can we decrypt Monocle assessments ourselves instead of calling an API?"
type: "faq"
url: "https://docs.spur.us/knowledgebase/faqs/does-monocle-support-self-decryption"
category: "Spur Platform & Data"
product: "monocle"
publishedAt: "2026-09-15T00:00:00.000Z"
updatedAt: "2026-09-15T15:58:57Z"
---

# Can we decrypt Monocle assessments ourselves instead of calling an API?

Yes — this is already supported at no extra cost. Every Monocle application has both a Secret Key (for the hosted Decryption API) and a Private Key (for manual backend decryption) available in the Monocle Dashboard. Backend decryption lets your own server decrypt the Monocle Assessment locally using the Private Key, without making a call to Spur's Decryption API.