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Insomnia Environment

An Insomnia environment stores key-value pairs of variables that can be referenced in requests using template tags. Environments allow switching between different configurations such as development, staging, and production without modifying individual requests.

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Properties

Name Type Description
_id string Unique identifier for the environment, typically prefixed with env_.
name string Human-readable name of the environment (e.g., Development, Staging, Production).
data object Key-value pairs of environment variables available for template tag substitution in requests.
dataPropertyOrder objectnull Defines the display order of data properties in the UI.
color stringnull Optional color code for visual identification of the environment in the UI.
parentId string Identifier of the parent workspace or base environment.
metaSortKey integer Sort key used for ordering environments in the UI.
isPrivate boolean Whether the environment is private and excluded from cloud sync and Git storage. Useful for storing secrets locally.
created integer Unix timestamp in milliseconds when the environment was created.
modified integer Unix timestamp in milliseconds when the environment was last modified.
_type string The resource type identifier.
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JSON Schema

environment.json Raw ↑
{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/insomnia/refs/heads/main/json-schema/environment.json",
  "title": "Insomnia Environment",
  "description": "An Insomnia environment stores key-value pairs of variables that can be referenced in requests using template tags. Environments allow switching between different configurations such as development, staging, and production without modifying individual requests.",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "_id": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Unique identifier for the environment, typically prefixed with env_."
    },
    "name": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Human-readable name of the environment (e.g., Development, Staging, Production)."
    },
    "data": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "Key-value pairs of environment variables available for template tag substitution in requests.",
      "additionalProperties": {
        "description": "Environment variable value, which can be a string, number, boolean, object, or array."
      }
    },
    "dataPropertyOrder": {
      "type": ["object", "null"],
      "description": "Defines the display order of data properties in the UI.",
      "properties": {
        "&": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "description": "Ordered list of property keys."
        }
      }
    },
    "color": {
      "type": ["string", "null"],
      "description": "Optional color code for visual identification of the environment in the UI."
    },
    "parentId": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Identifier of the parent workspace or base environment."
    },
    "metaSortKey": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "Sort key used for ordering environments in the UI."
    },
    "isPrivate": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "description": "Whether the environment is private and excluded from cloud sync and Git storage. Useful for storing secrets locally.",
      "default": false
    },
    "created": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "Unix timestamp in milliseconds when the environment was created."
    },
    "modified": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "Unix timestamp in milliseconds when the environment was last modified."
    },
    "_type": {
      "type": "string",
      "const": "environment",
      "description": "The resource type identifier."
    }
  },
  "required": ["_id", "name", "data", "parentId", "_type"],
  "additionalProperties": true
}

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