railway variable

Manage environment variables for a service.

Usage

railway variable [COMMAND] [OPTIONS]

Aliases

railway variables
railway vars
railway var

Subcommands

Subcommand	Aliases	Description
`list`	`ls`	List variables for a service
`set`		Set a variable
`delete`	`rm`, `remove`	Delete a variable

Examples

List variables

railway variable list

List in key-value format

railway variable list --kv

Output:

DATABASE_URL=postgres://...
API_KEY=secret123

Set a variable

railway variable set API_KEY=secret123

Set multiple variables

railway variable set API_KEY=secret123 DEBUG=true

Set variable from stdin

echo "my-secret-value" | railway variable set SECRET_KEY --stdin

Delete a variable

railway variable delete API_KEY

Options for

Flag	Description
`-s, --service <SERVICE>`	Service to list variables for
`-e, --environment <ENV>`	Environment to list variables from
`-k, --kv`	Show variables in KEY=VALUE format
`--json`	Output in JSON format

Options for

Flag	Description
`-s, --service <SERVICE>`	Service to set the variable for
`-e, --environment <ENV>`	Environment to set the variable in
`--stdin`	Read value from stdin (use with single KEY)
`--skip-deploys`	Skip triggering deploys
`--json`	Output in JSON format

Options for

Flag	Description
`-s, --service <SERVICE>`	Service to delete the variable from
`-e, --environment <ENV>`	Environment to delete the variable from
`--json`	Output in JSON format

Legacy flags

The following flags are deprecated but still supported:

# Deprecated: use 'Railway variable set KEY=VALUE' instead
railway variable --set KEY=VALUE

# Deprecated: use 'Railway variable set key --stdin' instead
railway variable --set-from-stdin KEY