# Encrypt data with AES **URL:** \ **Category:** Need help\ **Created:** [November 22, 2023, 9:55pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/encrypt-data-with-aes/294446 "2023-11-22T21:55:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![quidsicurezza](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/quidsicurezza/32/67196_2.png) [@quidsicurezza](https://forum.bubble.io/u/quidsicurezza)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2023, 9:55pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/encrypt-data-with-aes/294446/1 "2023-11-22T21:55:25Z")
I’ve Installed the plugin “AES256” to encrypt data, for a few days it works perfectly works, but now it doesn’t works anymore, the data doesn’t encrypt. Could someone help me to make it works this plugin? ---
**Author:** ![J805](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/j805/32/41267_2.png) [@J805](https://forum.bubble.io/u/J805)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2023, 10:10pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/encrypt-data-with-aes/294446/2 "2023-11-22T22:10:44Z")
Hey @quidsicurezza That’s odd. 🤔 Which plugin are you using? ---
**Author:** ![quidsicurezza](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/quidsicurezza/32/67196_2.png) [@quidsicurezza](https://forum.bubble.io/u/quidsicurezza)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2023, 6:50am UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/encrypt-data-with-aes/294446/3 "2023-11-23T06:50:01Z")
The Plugin is AES256 ---
**Author:** ![J805](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/j805/32/41267_2.png) [@J805](https://forum.bubble.io/u/J805)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2023, 1:59pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/encrypt-data-with-aes/294446/4 "2023-11-23T13:59:03Z")
Have you checked the logs to see if there are any errors? Hmm 🤔 ---
**Author:** ![quidsicurezza](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/quidsicurezza/32/67196_2.png) [@quidsicurezza](https://forum.bubble.io/u/quidsicurezza)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2023, 11:15am UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/encrypt-data-with-aes/294446/5 "2023-11-24T11:15:24Z")
![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/original/3X/c/9/c9cd346fde3c81f6c7d829f1dd87414232f903c6.png) This is the log, IDK if it is a problem ---
**Author:** ![J805](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/j805/32/41267_2.png) [@J805](https://forum.bubble.io/u/J805)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2023, 2:14pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/encrypt-data-with-aes/294446/6 "2023-11-24T14:14:51Z")
Does button A have a workflow? 🤔 ---
**Author:** ![quidsicurezza](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/quidsicurezza/32/67196_2.png) [@quidsicurezza](https://forum.bubble.io/u/quidsicurezza)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2023, 2:20pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/encrypt-data-with-aes/294446/7 "2023-11-24T14:20:33Z")
![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/original/3X/1/9/199843041ecac86539d7931c7900c4752f82a883.png) Yes! ---
**Author:** ![J805](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/j805/32/41267_2.png) [@J805](https://forum.bubble.io/u/J805)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2023, 2:32pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/encrypt-data-with-aes/294446/8 "2023-11-24T14:32:04Z")
Hmm 🤔 Have you tried running the debugger and step-by-step to see if there are errors on the page? ---
**Author:** ![quidsicurezza](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/quidsicurezza/32/67196_2.png) [@quidsicurezza](https://forum.bubble.io/u/quidsicurezza)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2023, 2:43pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/encrypt-data-with-aes/294446/9 "2023-11-24T14:43:18Z")
![Immagine](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/original/3X/c/1/c106931d20a79baf09f27dbbf0b9fe7766b5f73c.png) ![Immagine2](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/original/3X/2/7/272203506d89b3f4a782b94fbaa7b301dff3add1.png) As you could see, the text that should be encrypted remain the same ---
**Author:** ![J805](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/j805/32/41267_2.png) [@J805](https://forum.bubble.io/u/J805)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2023, 2:45pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/encrypt-data-with-aes/294446/10 "2023-11-24T14:45:51Z")
Oh. I get it now. You actually need a step after that one to save the value. Or just switch the order of the steps. Does that make sense? Sorry I didn’t catch this sooner. 😊 ---
**Author:** ![quidsicurezza](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/quidsicurezza/32/67196_2.png) [@quidsicurezza](https://forum.bubble.io/u/quidsicurezza)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2023, 3:01pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/encrypt-data-with-aes/294446/11 "2023-11-24T15:01:06Z")
![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/original/3X/8/c/8c62354f460bbcb434058848760604ecb91fbdc0.png) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/original/3X/2/6/26fa6ecd01ef799531e913d882e8201a78356e7a.png) I’ve just tried, but the text doesn’t encrypt as you could see 😢 ---
**Author:** ![J805](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/j805/32/41267_2.png) [@J805](https://forum.bubble.io/u/J805)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2023, 3:12pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/encrypt-data-with-aes/294446/12 "2023-11-24T15:12:44Z")
You need to reference result of step 1 and not the input. 😊 ---
**Author:** ![quidsicurezza](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/quidsicurezza/32/67196_2.png) [@quidsicurezza](https://forum.bubble.io/u/quidsicurezza)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2023, 3:25pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/encrypt-data-with-aes/294446/13 "2023-11-24T15:25:34Z")
But in this case the encryption step must be the second one ---
**Author:** ![J805](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/j805/32/41267_2.png) [@J805](https://forum.bubble.io/u/J805)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2023, 3:35pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/encrypt-data-with-aes/294446/14 "2023-11-24T15:35:24Z")
Why is that the case? 🤷‍♂️ If you reference the **input** into your step 2, you are referencing the value before it is encrypted. Does that make sense? ---
**Author:** ![quidsicurezza](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/quidsicurezza/32/67196_2.png) [@quidsicurezza](https://forum.bubble.io/u/quidsicurezza)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2023, 4:34pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/encrypt-data-with-aes/294446/15 "2023-11-24T16:34:05Z")
> [@J805](#): > > Perché? 🤷‍♂️ > > Se si fa riferimento **all’input** nel passaggio 2, si fa riferimento al valore prima che venga crittografato. Ha senso? So in this case, the encryption step must be the second one, if I want to reference to the step 1, and I’ve just tried this, and it doens’t works, Could you tell me step by step the WF you mean? ---
**Author:** ![J805](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/j805/32/41267_2.png) [@J805](https://forum.bubble.io/u/J805)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2023, 5:06pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/encrypt-data-with-aes/294446/16 "2023-11-24T17:06:40Z")
Here is how you would do it: Editor: [testApp42wCleanDB | Bubble Editor](https://bubble.io/page?type=page&name=encryption&id=testapp42wcleandb&tab=tabs-1) Preview: [https://testapp42wcleandb.bubbleapps.io/version-test/encryption?debug\_mode=true](https://testapp42wcleandb.bubbleapps.io/version-test/encryption?debug_mode=true) Does that help? 😊 ---
**Author:** ![quidsicurezza](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/quidsicurezza/32/67196_2.png) [@quidsicurezza](https://forum.bubble.io/u/quidsicurezza)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2023, 9:36am UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/encrypt-data-with-aes/294446/17 "2023-11-25T09:36:02Z")
I think that the solution lies in the fact that the text that is first encrypted and then decrypted must be contained in a custom state ---
**Author:** ![J805](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/j805/32/41267_2.png) [@J805](https://forum.bubble.io/u/J805)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2023, 1:52pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/encrypt-data-with-aes/294446/18 "2023-11-25T13:52:14Z")
You can do it in a database thing too. I was just trying to not use a database record for the example. It works the same way as long as you have the order the same. Glad that helped. 😊 ---
**Author:** ![quidsicurezza](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/quidsicurezza/32/67196_2.png) [@quidsicurezza](https://forum.bubble.io/u/quidsicurezza)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2023, 2:28pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/encrypt-data-with-aes/294446/20 "2023-11-25T14:28:42Z")
Could you tell me how to encrypt a database entry? ---
**Author:** ![J805](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/j805/32/41267_2.png) [@J805](https://forum.bubble.io/u/J805)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2023, 2:39pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/encrypt-data-with-aes/294446/21 "2023-11-25T14:39:49Z")
Ok. I will change the example for you. I will do that when I get back to my computer. 😊 [Next page](https://forum.bubble.io/t/encrypt-data-with-aes/294446.md?page=2)