Retrieve the decrypted value of an environment variable of a project by id

APIs & SDKs

GEThttps://api.vercel.com/v1/projects/{idOrName}/env/{id}

Retrieve the environment variable for a given project.

https://api.vercel.com/v1/projects/{idOrName}/env/{id}

const response = await fetch('https://api.vercel.com/v1/projects/idOrName/env/id?teamId=string&slug=string', {
  method: 'GET',
  headers: {
    'Authorization': 'Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  },
});

const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

Response

{
  "comment": "string",
  "configurationId": "example_id",
  "contentHint": {
    "storeId": "example_id",
    "type": "redis-url"
  },
  "createdAt": "123",
  "createdBy": "string",
  "customEnvironmentIds": [],
  "decrypted": "false",
  "edgeConfigId": "example_id",
  "edgeConfigTokenId": "example_id",
  "gitBranch": "string",
  "id": "icfg_1234567890",
  "key": "string",
  "sunsetSecretId": "example_id",
  "target": [],
  "type": "encrypted",
  "updatedAt": "123",
  "updatedBy": "string",
  "visibility": "config"
}

Authentication

AuthorizationbearerToken

Default authentication mechanism

Path parameters

idOrNamestringRequired

The unique project identifier or the project name

idstringRequired

The unique ID for the environment variable to get the decrypted value.

Query parameters

teamIdstringOptional

The Team identifier to perform the request on behalf of.

slugstringOptional

The Team slug to perform the request on behalf of.

Response

200Success

commentstringOptional

configurationIdstringOptional

contentHintobjectOptional17 variants

createdAtnumberOptional

createdBystringOptional

customEnvironmentIdsarrayOptional

decryptedbooleanRequired

edgeConfigIdstringOptional

edgeConfigTokenIdstringOptional

gitBranchstringOptional

idstringOptional

keystringRequired

sunsetSecretIdstringOptional

This is used to identify variables that have been migrated from type secret to sensitive.

targetobjectOptional2 variants

typestringRequired

updatedAtnumberOptional

updatedBystringOptional

visibilitystringOptional

User-facing config/secret model. When set, authoritative for new code paths. Legacy rows omit this field and callers fall back to existing type behavior.

Errors

400One of the provided values in the request query is invalid.

401The request is not authorized.

403You do not have permission to access this resource.

404Error

410Error

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Semantically closest pages

Retrieve the environment variables of a project by id or name — GET /v10/projects/{idOrName}/env — Retrieve the environment variables for a given project by passing either the project
Edit an environment variable — PATCH /v9/projects/{idOrName}/env/{id} — Edit a specific environment variable for a given project by passing the environ
Retrieve the decrypted value of a Shared Environment Variable by id. — GET /v1/env/{id} — Retrieve the decrypted value of a Shared Environment Variable by id.
Remove an environment variable — DELETE /v9/projects/{idOrName}/env/{id} — Delete a specific environment variable for a given project by passing the envi
Create one or more environment variables — POST /v10/projects/{idOrName}/env — Create one or more environment variables for a project by passing its \key\\, \`val

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https://api.vercel.com/v1/projects/{idOrName}/env/{id}

const response = await fetch('https://api.vercel.com/v1/projects/idOrName/env/id?teamId=string&slug=string', {
  method: 'GET',
  headers: {
    'Authorization': 'Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  },
});

const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

Response

{
  "comment": "string",
  "configurationId": "example_id",
  "contentHint": {
    "storeId": "example_id",
    "type": "redis-url"
  },
  "createdAt": "123",
  "createdBy": "string",
  "customEnvironmentIds": [],
  "decrypted": "false",
  "edgeConfigId": "example_id",
  "edgeConfigTokenId": "example_id",
  "gitBranch": "string",
  "id": "icfg_1234567890",
  "key": "string",
  "sunsetSecretId": "example_id",
  "target": [],
  "type": "encrypted",
  "updatedAt": "123",
  "updatedBy": "string",
  "visibility": "config"
}

OpenAPI Specification