Environment Variables

Environments are accessible throughout an entire API Project, so environment variables, unlike test variables, can be used in multiple API tests.

Environment variables are only accessible when executing a test on their housed environment. For example, this allows a user to have a development and a staging environment that both have an environment variable of userToken but use a different value for userToken in each environment.

There are two types of environment variables:

  • [Secret]: Secrets are key-value pairs that save sensitive data. The value field for secrets is obfuscated, so it is not visible to users.

  • [Variable] Variables are key-value pairs where the value is not obfuscated.

Secret

To create a new environment secret, head to the Testing Settings tab. Create a secret by clicking the key icon in the environment you want to make the secret in.

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Enter the secret Key and Secret, then click the green check to save.

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Variable

To create a new environment variable, head to the Testing Settings tab. Create a variable by clicking the + in the environment you want to make the variable in.

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Enter the variable Key and Value, then click the green check to save.

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