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GET
/
v1
/
env_var
/
{env_var_id}
Get env_var
curl --request GET \
  --url https://api.braintrust.dev/v1/env_var/{env_var_id} \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'
import requests

url = "https://api.braintrust.dev/v1/env_var/{env_var_id}"

headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

print(response.text)
const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};

fetch('https://api.braintrust.dev/v1/env_var/{env_var_id}', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.braintrust.dev/v1/env_var/{env_var_id}",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.braintrust.dev/v1/env_var/{env_var_id}"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.braintrust.dev/v1/env_var/{env_var_id}")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .asString();
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.braintrust.dev/v1/env_var/{env_var_id}")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
{
  "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
  "object_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
  "name": "<string>",
  "created": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
  "secret_updated_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
  "secret_updated_by_user_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
  "used": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
  "metadata": {},
  "preview_secret": "<string>",
  "secret_type": "<string>",
  "secret_category": "env_var"
}
"<string>"
"<string>"
"<string>"
"<string>"
"<string>"

Authorizations

Authorization
string
header
required

Most Braintrust endpoints are authenticated by providing your API key as a header Authorization: Bearer [api_key] to your HTTP request. You can create an API key in the Braintrust organization settings page.

Path Parameters

env_var_id
string<uuid>
required

EnvVar id

Response

Returns the env_var object

id
string<uuid>
required

Unique identifier for the environment variable

object_type
enum<string>
required

The type of the object the environment variable is scoped for

Available options:
organization,
project,
function
object_id
string<uuid>
required

The id of the object the environment variable is scoped for

name
string
required

The name of the environment variable

created
string<date-time> | null

Date of environment variable creation

secret_updated_at
string<date-time> | null

Date of last update to the encrypted secret value itself

secret_updated_by_user_id
string<uuid> | null

User id of the last update to the encrypted secret value

used
string<date-time> | null

Date the environment variable was last used

metadata
object | null

Optional metadata associated with the environment variable when managed via the function secrets API

preview_secret
string | null

Redacted preview of the stored secret value

secret_type
string | null

Optional classification for the secret (for example, the AI provider name)

secret_category
enum<string>
default:env_var

The category of the secret: env_var for regular environment variables, ai_provider for AI provider API keys

Available options:
env_var,
ai_provider,
sandbox_provider