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POST
/
v1
/
apps
/
{id}
/
envs
Create or Edit Application Environment Variables
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.vertracloud.app/v1/apps/{id}/envs \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "environments": [
    {}
  ]
}
'
import requests

url = "https://api.vertracloud.app/v1/apps/{id}/envs"

payload = { "environments": [{}] }
headers = {"Content-Type": "application/json"}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({environments: [{}]})
};

fetch('https://api.vertracloud.app/v1/apps/{id}/envs', 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.vertracloud.app/v1/apps/{id}/envs",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'environments' => [
        [
                
        ]
    ]
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ],
]);

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

curl_close($curl);

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

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

func main() {

	url := "https://api.vertracloud.app/v1/apps/{id}/envs"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"environments\": [\n    {}\n  ]\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

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

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

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.vertracloud.app/v1/apps/{id}/envs")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"environments\": [\n    {}\n  ]\n}")
  .asString();
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.vertracloud.app/v1/apps/{id}/envs")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"environments\": [\n    {}\n  ]\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
{
  "response": [
    {
      "id": "env123",
      "key": "API_KEY",
      "value": "secret123",
      "note": "API key for external service",
      "created_at": "2026-03-14T19:58:00Z"
    },
    {
      "id": "env456",
      "key": "DATABASE_URL",
      "value": "mysql://user:pass@localhost/db",
      "note": null,
      "created_at": "2026-03-14T19:58:00Z"
    }
  ]
}
​
id
string
required
The ID of the application to create or update environment variables for. If the application belongs to a workspace, include the workspace_id in the format appId-workspace_id.
​
environments
array
required
An array of environment variable objects.

​
Response

​
response
array
An array of environment variable objects after creation or update.
{
  "response": [
    {
      "id": "env123",
      "key": "API_KEY",
      "value": "secret123",
      "note": "API key for external service",
      "created_at": "2026-03-14T19:58:00Z"
    },
    {
      "id": "env456",
      "key": "DATABASE_URL",
      "value": "mysql://user:pass@localhost/db",
      "note": null,
      "created_at": "2026-03-14T19:58:00Z"
    }
  ]
}

​
Error Responses

​
code
string
The error code indicating the reason for failure. Possible values:
  • UNAUTHORIZED: The user is not authenticated or lacks sufficient permissions.
  • FORBIDDEN: The user does not have permission to access the application.
  • APP_NOT_FOUND: The specified application does not exist.
  • INVALID_BODY: The request body is not a valid array or is empty.
  • INVALID_ENVIRONMENT: One or more environment variables are invalid or use forbidden keys.
  • ENV_VARIABLE_TOO_LONG: An environment variable key or value exceeds length limits.
  • ENV_LIMIT_EXCEEDED: The total number of environment variables exceeds the limit of 25.
​
message
string
A descriptive message providing additional details about the error.
{
  "code": "UNAUTHORIZED"
}

{
  "code": "APP_NOT_FOUND"
}

{
  "code": "INVALID_BODY"
}