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# Update an environment variable

> Update an environment variable by ID



## OpenAPI

````yaml https://api.alpic.ai/openapi.json patch /v1/environment-variables/{environmentVariableId}
openapi: 3.1.1
info:
  title: Alpic API
  version: 1.0.0
servers:
  - url: https://api.alpic.ai
security:
  - bearerAuth: []
paths:
  /v1/environment-variables/{environmentVariableId}:
    patch:
      tags:
        - environments
      summary: Update an environment variable
      description: Update an environment variable by ID
      operationId: environmentVariables.update.v1
      parameters:
        - name: environmentVariableId
          in: path
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
            description: The ID of the environment variable
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                key:
                  type: string
                  minLength: 2
                  pattern: ^[a-zA-Z]([a-zA-Z0-9_])+$
                value:
                  type: string
                  minLength: 1
                isSecret:
                  type: boolean
                  default: false
              required:
                - key
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The environment variable has been updated successfully
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  success:
                    const: true
                required:
                  - success
        '400':
          description: '400'
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                oneOf:
                  - type: object
                    properties:
                      defined:
                        const: true
                      code:
                        const: BAD_REQUEST
                      status:
                        const: 400
                      message:
                        type: string
                        default: Bad Request
                      data: {}
                    required:
                      - defined
                      - code
                      - status
                      - message
                  - type: object
                    properties:
                      defined:
                        const: false
                      code:
                        type: string
                      status:
                        type: number
                      message:
                        type: string
                      data: {}
                    required:
                      - defined
                      - code
                      - status
                      - message
        '404':
          description: '404'
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                oneOf:
                  - type: object
                    properties:
                      defined:
                        const: true
                      code:
                        const: NOT_FOUND
                      status:
                        const: 404
                      message:
                        type: string
                        default: Not Found
                      data: {}
                    required:
                      - defined
                      - code
                      - status
                      - message
                  - type: object
                    properties:
                      defined:
                        const: false
                      code:
                        type: string
                      status:
                        type: number
                      message:
                        type: string
                      data: {}
                    required:
                      - defined
                      - code
                      - status
                      - message
components:
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      description: >-
        Bearer token for authentication. Use an API key from the API Keys page
        in team settings, or an OAuth access token.
      scheme: bearer

````