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# Project-level Variables API **(FREE)**
## List project variables
Get list of a project's variables.
```plaintext
GET /projects/:id/variables
```
| Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
| --------- | -------------- | -------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `id` | integer/string | yes | The ID of a project or [URL-encoded NAMESPACE/PROJECT_NAME of the project](index.md#namespaced-path-encoding) owned by the authenticated user |
```shell
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/variables"
```
```json
[
{
"variable_type": "env_var",
"key": "TEST_VARIABLE_1",
"value": "TEST_1",
"protected": false,
"masked": true,
"environment_scope": "*"
},
{
"variable_type": "env_var",
"key": "TEST_VARIABLE_2",
"value": "TEST_2",
"protected": false,
"masked": false,
"environment_scope": "*"
}
]
```
## Show variable details
Get the details of a project's specific variable.
```plaintext
GET /projects/:id/variables/:key
```
| Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
| --------- | -------------- | -------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `id` | integer/string | yes | The ID of a project or [URL-encoded NAMESPACE/PROJECT_NAME of the project](index.md#namespaced-path-encoding) owned by the authenticated user |
| `key` | string | yes | The `key` of a variable |
| `filter` | hash | no | Available filters: `[environment_scope]`. See the [`filter` parameter details](#the-filter-parameter). |
```shell
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/variables/TEST_VARIABLE_1"
```
```json
{
"key": "TEST_VARIABLE_1",
"variable_type": "env_var",
"value": "TEST_1",
"protected": false,
"masked": true,
"environment_scope": "*"
}
```
## Create variable
Create a new variable.
```plaintext
POST /projects/:id/variables
```
| Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
| ------------------- | -------------- | -------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `id` | integer/string | yes | The ID of a project or [URL-encoded NAMESPACE/PROJECT_NAME of the project](index.md#namespaced-path-encoding) owned by the authenticated user |
| `key` | string | yes | The `key` of a variable; must have no more than 255 characters; only `A-Z`, `a-z`, `0-9`, and `_` are allowed |
| `value` | string | yes | The `value` of a variable |
| `variable_type` | string | no | The type of a variable. Available types are: `env_var` (default) and `file` |
| `protected` | boolean | no | Whether the variable is protected. Default: `false` |
| `masked` | boolean | no | Whether the variable is masked. Default: `false` |
| `environment_scope` | string | no | The `environment_scope` of the variable. Default: `*` |
```shell
curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" \
"https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/variables" --form "key=NEW_VARIABLE" --form "value=new value"
```
```json
{
"variable_type": "env_var",
"key": "NEW_VARIABLE",
"value": "new value",
"protected": false,
"masked": false,
"environment_scope": "*"
}
```
## Update variable
Update a project's variable.
```plaintext
PUT /projects/:id/variables/:key
```
| Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
| ------------------- | -------------- | -------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `id` | integer/string | yes | The ID of a project or [URL-encoded NAMESPACE/PROJECT_NAME of the project](index.md#namespaced-path-encoding) owned by the authenticated user |
| `key` | string | yes | The `key` of a variable |
| `value` | string | yes | The `value` of a variable |
| `variable_type` | string | no | The type of a variable. Available types are: `env_var` (default) and `file` |
| `protected` | boolean | no | Whether the variable is protected |
| `masked` | boolean | no | Whether the variable is masked |
| `environment_scope` | string | no | The `environment_scope` of the variable |
| `filter` | hash | no | Available filters: `[environment_scope]`. See the [`filter` parameter details](#the-filter-parameter). |
```shell
curl --request PUT --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" \
"https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/variables/NEW_VARIABLE" --form "value=updated value"
```
```json
{
"variable_type": "env_var",
"key": "NEW_VARIABLE",
"value": "updated value",
"protected": true,
"masked": false,
"environment_scope": "*"
}
```
## Remove variable
Remove a project's variable.
```plaintext
DELETE /projects/:id/variables/:key
```
| Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
| --------- | -------------- | -------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `id` | integer/string | yes | The ID of a project or [URL-encoded NAMESPACE/PROJECT_NAME of the project](index.md#namespaced-path-encoding) owned by the authenticated user |
| `key` | string | yes | The `key` of a variable |
| `filter` | hash | no | Available filters: `[environment_scope]`. See the [`filter` parameter details](#the-filter-parameter). |
```shell
curl --request DELETE --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/variables/VARIABLE_1"
```
## The `filter` parameter
> - [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/34490) in GitLab 13.2.
> - [Feature flag removed](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/227052) in GitLab 13.4.
This parameter is used for filtering by attributes, such as `environment_scope`.
Example usage:
```shell
curl --request DELETE --globoff --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/variables/VARIABLE_1?filter[environment_scope]=production"
```