set environment variable code example

Example 1: how to create env variable from cmd

set varname
set varname=value
set varname=
set

Example 2: linux set environment variable

# Linux - Bash 

# syntax 
# export *<variable-name>=*<variable-value>;

# example 
export ORACLE_SID='sales_database';

Example 3: how to set up env variable

npm install dotenv --save

Next add the following line to your app: "require('dotenv').config()"

Then create a .env file at the root directory of your application 
and add the variables to it.

Example 4: how to define environment variables

Use pm.environment to define an environment 
variable (in the currently selected environment):

pm.environment.set("variable_key", "variable_value");

Example 5: environment variable

Environment Variable , a variable that accessible
only when the environment is active 

Usually used for an app with multiple environment ,
we can use env variable to store variable with same name
and different value to store environment specific data 

for example : 

xxxNamed app has 3 environments with different
URL and Crendentials 

But all endpoints are exactly the same no matter what
environment you work on 

so we can create 3 environment called 
QA1 , QA2 , QA3 and run same set of request 
by selecting different environment.

Only one environment can be active at a time.