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# Get the environment variables (/docs/api-reference/envd/get-the-environment-variables)

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Related: [Check the health of the service](/docs/api-reference/envd/check-the-health-of-the-service.md), [Get the stats of the service](/docs/api-reference/envd/get-the-stats-of-the-service.md), [Download a file](/docs/api-reference/filesystem/download-a-file.md)

# Get the environment variables

`GET /envs`

> Get the environment variables

Base URL: `https://sandbox.{domain}` (`domain`: any value, default `e2b.app`)

## OpenAPI

```json
{
  "servers": [
    {
      "url": "https://sandbox.{domain}",
      "variables": {
        "domain": {
          "default": "e2b.app",
          "description": "E2B domain"
        }
      },
      "description": "Sandbox API (envd) - runs inside each sandbox"
    }
  ],
  "security": [
    {
      "SandboxAccessTokenAuth": []
    }
  ],
  "securitySchemes": {
    "SandboxAccessTokenAuth": {
      "type": "apiKey",
      "in": "header",
      "name": "X-Access-Token",
      "description": "Sandbox access token (`envdAccessToken`) for authenticating requests to a running sandbox. Returned by: [POST /sandboxes](/docs/api-reference/sandboxes/create-a-sandbox) (on create), [POST /sandboxes/{sandboxID}/connect](/docs/api-reference/sandboxes/connect-to-a-sandbox) (on connect), [POST /sandboxes/{sandboxID}/resume](/docs/api-reference/sandboxes/resume-a-sandbox) (on resume), and [GET /sandboxes/{sandboxID}](/docs/api-reference/sandboxes/get-a-sandbox) (for running or paused sandboxes)."
    }
  },
  "parameters": [
    {
      "name": "E2b-Sandbox-Id",
      "in": "header",
      "required": true,
      "description": "Identifier of the target sandbox. Routes the request to that sandbox's envd over the shared sandbox host.",
      "schema": {
        "type": "string"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "E2b-Sandbox-Port",
      "in": "header",
      "required": true,
      "description": "Port envd listens on inside the sandbox (default 49983).",
      "schema": {
        "type": "integer",
        "default": 49983
      }
    }
  ],
  "responses": {
    "200": {
      "description": "Environment variables",
      "content": {
        "application/json": {
          "schema": {
            "additionalProperties": {
              "type": "string",
              "description": "Environment variables for the sandbox"
            },
            "type": "object"
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "502": {
      "description": "Sandbox not found",
      "content": {
        "application/json": {
          "schema": {
            "type": "object",
            "required": [
              "sandboxID",
              "message",
              "code"
            ],
            "properties": {
              "message": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "Error message"
              },
              "code": {
                "type": "integer",
                "description": "Error code"
              },
              "sandboxID": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "Identifier of the sandbox"
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
```