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Create an environment variable

POST /repos/{owner}/{repo}/environments/{environment_name}/variables
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https://api.github.com

Create an environment variable that you can reference in a GitHub Actions workflow.

Authenticated users must have collaborator access to a repository to create, update, or read variables.

OAuth tokens and personal access tokens (classic) need the repo scope to use this endpoint.

Parameters

path Path Parameters

Name Type
owner required

The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.

string
repo required

The name of the repository without the .git extension. The name is not case sensitive.

string
environment_name required

The name of the environment. The name must be URL encoded. For example, any slashes in the name must be replaced with %2F.

string

Request Body

application/json required
{ name: string;value: string; }

Responses

201 application/json

Response

interface EmptyObject {}