# Get an environment variable

**GET** `/v1/environment-variables/{envVarId}`

⚠️ Experimental endpoint: this API is in active development and may change at any time without notice. ⚠️

Returns a single environment variable's metadata. The value is not returned.

Base URL: `https://api.prisma.io`

Tags: `[Experimental]`

## Authorization

Any ONE of the following options authorizes this operation; every scheme listed within an option is required together.

| Option | Scheme | Type | Sent as | Scopes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Option 1 | `OAuth2` | `oauth2` | `Authorization: Bearer <access token>` | `offline_access`, `workspace:admin` |
| Option 2 | `Bearer` | `http` | `Authorization: Bearer <token>` (JWT) | — |

### OAuth 2.0 flows

- **OAuth2 · authorizationCode**
  - Authorization URL: `https://auth.prisma.io/authorize`
  - Token URL: `https://auth.prisma.io/token`
  - Refresh URL: `https://auth.prisma.io/token`
  - Scope `offline_access` — Offline access
  - Scope `workspace:admin` — Full access to workspace resources

## Path parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `envVarId` | `string` | Yes | — |

## Responses

| Status | Description | Media type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `200` | Returned the environment variable. | `application/json` |
| `401` | Missing or invalid authorization token. | `application/json` |
| `404` | Variable not found, or token does not have access to it. | `application/json` |
| `422` | Invalid request. | `application/json` |

### Example response: 200 — Returned the environment variable.

```json
{
  "data": {
    "branchId": "string",
    "class": "preview",
    "createdAt": "2026-06-09T00:00:00Z",
    "id": "string",
    "isManagedBySystem": true,
    "key": "string",
    "projectId": "string",
    "type": "environment-variable",
    "updatedAt": "2026-06-09T00:00:00Z",
    "url": "https://example.com",
    "valueKid": "string"
  }
}
```

### Example response: 401 — Missing or invalid authorization token.

```json
{
  "error": {
    "code": "string",
    "hint": "string",
    "message": "string"
  }
}
```

### Example response: 404 — Variable not found, or token does not have access to it.

```json
{
  "error": {
    "code": "string",
    "hint": "string",
    "message": "string"
  }
}
```

### Example response: 422 — Invalid request.

```json
{
  "error": {
    "code": "string",
    "hint": "string",
    "message": "string"
  }
}
```

## Related pages

- [[Experimental]](./tags/experimental.md)
- [Acquire Alchemy deploy lease](./postv1projectsbyprojectidbranchesbybranchidalchemy-statelease.md)
- [Agents](./tags/agents.md)
- [Alchemy state store version](./getv1projectsbyprojectidbranchesbybranchidalchemy-stateversion.md)
- [Buckets](./tags/buckets.md)
- [Connections](./tags/connections.md)
- [Create a branch](./postv1projectsbyprojectidbranches.md)
- [Create a custom domain](./postv1appsbyappiddomains.md)
- [Create a custom domain](./postv1servicesbyserviceiddomains.md)
- [Create a workspace](./postv1workspaces.md)

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