---
title: "Create an org-level variable that applies to every environment"
method: POST
path: "/api/{org_id}/synthetics/variables"
tags: ["Synthetics"]
---

# Create an org-level variable that applies to every environment

`POST /api/{org_id}/synthetics/variables`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.openobserve.ai` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://api.openobserve.ai/api/{org_id}/synthetics/variables`
- Auth: API key in header `Authorization`
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/openobserve/apis/openobserve-api-http/docs/api/:org_id/synthetics/variables/post.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

## Path parameters

- `org_id` string, required

## Request body

- object

## Response `200`

Created

- union
  - object: What every read path returns for a shared variable.
    - `has_value` boolean
    - `kind` 'plain', required
    - `value` string, required
    - `created_at` integer, required
    - `description` string, required
    - `example` string, required
    - `id` string, required
    - `name` string, required
    - `owner` string, nullable
    - `tags` string[], required
    - `updated_at` integer, required
    - `used_by` string[]: Names of those checks, so a destructive action can list them before it is confirmed.
    - `used_by_checks` integer: Checks whose definition references `{{NAME}}`.
  - object: What every read path returns for a shared variable.
    - `has_value` boolean, required
    - `kind` 'secret', required
    - `created_at` integer, required
    - `description` string, required
    - `example` string, required
    - `id` string, required
    - `name` string, required
    - `owner` string, nullable
    - `tags` string[], required
    - `updated_at` integer, required
    - `used_by` string[]: Names of those checks, so a destructive action can list them before it is confirmed.
    - `used_by_checks` integer: Checks whose definition references `{{NAME}}`.

## Other responses

- `400`: Invalid
- `409`: A variable or environment with that name already exists

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