| #https://www.notion.so/n8n/Frontmatter-432c2b8dff1f43d4b1c8d20075510fe4 | |
| 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](/code/variables.md) 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](/source-control-environments/index.md) feature. `env` gives access to the [configuration environment variables](/hosting/configuration/environment-variables/index.md) for your n8n instance. | |
| /// | |