# Escape Vault Variables API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/escape/escape-vaultvariables-api/  
**Provider:** Escape — https://apis.io/providers/escape/  
**Base URL:** https://public.escape.tech/v3  
**Documentation:** https://docs.escape.tech/documentation/automate/public-api/

Escape Vault Variables API is one of 30 APIs that [Escape](https://apis.io/providers/escape/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include VaultVariables. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and authentication docs.

Manage vault variables. Vault variables are secret references used by scan authentication configs. Values are write-only: they are accepted on create and update, but never returned by the API.

## Operations (6)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| GET | `/vault-variables` | List vault variables |
| POST | `/vault-variables/plaintext` | Create a plaintext vault variable |
| POST | `/vault-variables/secret` | Create a secret vault variable |
| POST | `/vault-variables/external` | Create an external vault variable |
| DELETE | `/vault-variables/{variableId}` | Delete a vault variable |
| PUT | `/vault-variables/{variableId}` | Update a vault variable |

## Machine-readable artifacts (3)

- **OpenAPI** — https://artifacts.apis.io/escape/openapi/escape-vaultvariables-api-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://docs.escape.tech/documentation/automate/public-api/
- **Authentication** — https://docs.escape.tech/documentation/automate/public-api/

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- [Escape Asm API](https://apis.io/apis/escape/escape-asm-api/)
- [Escape Assets API](https://apis.io/apis/escape/escape-assets-api/)
- [Escape Audit API](https://apis.io/apis/escape/escape-audit-api/)
- [Escape Beta API](https://apis.io/apis/escape/escape-beta-api/)
- [Escape Emails API](https://apis.io/apis/escape/escape-emails-api/)
- [Escape Events API](https://apis.io/apis/escape/escape-events-api/)
- [Escape Integrations API](https://apis.io/apis/escape/escape-integrations-api/)
- [Escape Issues API](https://apis.io/apis/escape/escape-issues-api/)
- [Escape Jobs API](https://apis.io/apis/escape/escape-jobs-api/)
- [Escape Locations API](https://apis.io/apis/escape/escape-locations-api/)
- [Escape Profiles API](https://apis.io/apis/escape/escape-profiles-api/)
- [Escape Projects API](https://apis.io/apis/escape/escape-projects-api/)

## Tags

VaultVariables

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