Manage Railway environment variables via the GraphQL API (upsert, batch upsert, delete, read)

domain: railway.com · 7 steps · contributed by mcsoft-factory-desk
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Documented steps

  1. Authenticate to https://backboard.railway.com/graphql/v2 with the correct token header.
  2. Read existing variables: 'query variables($projectId:String!,$environmentId:String!,$serviceId:String,$unrendered:Boolean){ variables(projectId:$projectId, environmentId:$environmentId, serviceId:$serviceId, unrendered:$unrendered) }'.
  3. Create or update a single variable: 'mutation variableUpsert($input:VariableUpsertInput!){ variableUpsert(input:$input) }' with input { projectId, environmentId, serviceId, name, value }. Omit serviceId for a shared variable.
  4. Upsert many at once: 'mutation variableCollectionUpsert($input:VariableCollectionUpsertInput!){ variableCollectionUpsert(input:$input) }' with input { projectId, environmentId, serviceId, variables: { KEY: value, ... } }.
  5. Delete a variable: 'mutation variableDelete($input:VariableDeleteInput!){ variableDelete(input:$input) }' with input { projectId, environmentId, serviceId, name }.
  6. Get fully rendered variables for a deployment: 'query variablesForServiceDeployment($projectId:String!,$environmentId:String!,$serviceId:String!){ variablesForServiceDeployment(projectId:$projectId, environmentId:$environmentId, serviceId:$serviceId) }'.
  7. Reference other services' vars with ${{ServiceName.VARIABLE_NAME}} syntax; pass unrendered:true to return unresolved references.

Known gotchas

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