Heroku

Heroku Config Vars API

Environment configuration variables

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Operations 2

GET /apps/{app_id_or_name}/config-vars Get config vars #

PATCH /apps/{app_id_or_name}/config-vars Update config vars #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Heroku Platform Account Config Vars API
  description: The Heroku Platform API enables programmatic access to Heroku's deployment platform. Manage apps, dynos, add-ons, config vars, domains, pipelines, releases, and other platform resources.
  version: '3'
  contact:
    name: Heroku
    url: https://devcenter.heroku.com/
  license:
    name: Proprietary
    url: https://www.heroku.com/policy/tos
servers:
- url: https://api.heroku.com
  description: Heroku Platform API
security:
- BearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Config Vars
  description: Environment configuration variables
paths:
  /apps/{app_id_or_name}/config-vars:
    get:
      operationId: getConfigVars
      summary: Get config vars
      description: Get config vars for an app.
      tags:
      - Config Vars
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/appIdOrName'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Config vars
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                additionalProperties:
                  type: string
    patch:
      operationId: updateConfigVars
      summary: Update config vars
      description: Update config vars for an app. Set a value to null to remove it.
      tags:
      - Config Vars
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/appIdOrName'
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              additionalProperties:
                type: string
                nullable: true
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Updated config vars
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                additionalProperties:
                  type: string
components:
  parameters:
    appIdOrName:
      name: app_id_or_name
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
      description: App ID (UUID) or app name
  securitySchemes:
    BearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: Heroku API key or OAuth token