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description: Access your environment's custom variables.
contentType: reference
vars
/// info | Feature availability
- Available on Self-hosted Enterprise and Pro and Enterprise Cloud plans.
- You need access to the n8n instance owner account to create variables. ///
vars contains all Variables for the active environment. It's read-only: you can access variables using vars, but must set them using the UI.
=== "JavaScript"
js // Access a variable $vars.<variable-name>
=== "Python"
python # Access a variable _vars.<variable-name>
/// note | vars and env
vars gives access to user-created variables. It's part of the Environments feature. env gives access to the configuration environment variables for your n8n instance.
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