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Environment Variables are persistent variables that are available across your entire workspace. Typically, these are used to store things like external API keys or other sensitive information that you need to use across multiple function stacks, without storing it in a database table.

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Adding Environment Variables

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Click the gear icon in the upper-right corner to open Settings

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On the next screen, click 'Manage' to edit your environment variables

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Click '+ Variable' to add a new environment variable.

Give your environment variable a name that you can easily recognize; this is how you’ll identify it when calling it in function stacks.Provide a value for the variable.
Environment variables can only be updated from your workspace settings.
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Use environment variables in your function stacks

They’ll be available in the dropdown under ENV

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Xano-generated Environment Variables

Xano maintains several environment variables you can use.