# List variables

> Page: https://docs.flung.dev/reference/api/get-v1-variables. Index of every page: https://docs.flung.dev/llms.txt

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`GET /v1/variables`

## TL;DR

| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What does it do? | List variables. |
| What does it need? | An API key or an OAuth access token. |
| What does it take? | Nothing. |
| What does it return? | Status 200 with a body of type [`VariableList`](https://docs.flung.dev/reference/api/schemas.md#variablelist). |
| In the SDK? | `flung.variables.list()` |
| As an MCP tool? | [`list_variables`](https://docs.flung.dev/reference/mcp/list-variables.md) |
| What can go wrong? | `401` Missing, unknown, revoked or expired API key; `422` The request failed validation; `429` Too many requests for this credential; wait for `retry-after` seconds. Every failure has the same [error shape](https://docs.flung.dev/reference/api/errors.md). |

## Example

**curl**

```bash
curl -X GET 'https://api.flung.dev/v1/variables' \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $FLUNG_API_KEY"
```

**TypeScript**

```ts
import { Flung } from '@flung.dev/sdk'

const flung = new Flung({ apiKey: process.env.FLUNG_API_KEY! })
const result = await flung.variables.list()
```

**fetch**

```js
const response = await fetch('https://api.flung.dev/v1/variables', {
  method: 'GET',
  headers: {
    'Authorization': `Bearer ${process.env.FLUNG_API_KEY}`,
  },
})
if (!response.ok) throw new Error((await response.json()).error.message)
const result = await response.json()
```

A successful answer looks like this:

```json
{
  "data": [
    {
      "name": "string",
      "value": "string",
      "updatedAt": "2026-11-01T09:00:00.000Z"
    }
  ]
}
```

## Responses

| Status | Meaning | Body |
|---|---|---|
| 200 | Every variable. | [`VariableList`](https://docs.flung.dev/reference/api/schemas.md#variablelist) |
| 401 | Missing, unknown, revoked or expired API key. | [`Error`](https://docs.flung.dev/reference/api/schemas.md#error) |
| 422 | The request failed validation. | [`Error`](https://docs.flung.dev/reference/api/schemas.md#error) |
| 429 | Too many requests for this credential; wait for `retry-after` seconds. | [`Error`](https://docs.flung.dev/reference/api/schemas.md#error) |

## Response body

A 200 answer has the type [`VariableList`](https://docs.flung.dev/reference/api/schemas.md#variablelist).

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `data` | `Variable[]` | yes |  |
| `data[].name` | `string` | yes |  |
| `data[].value` | `string` | yes |  |
| `data[].updatedAt` | `string` | yes |  |

## See also

| Doc | Why |
|---|---|
| [API reference](https://docs.flung.dev/reference/api.md) | Every endpoint |
| [Schemas](https://docs.flung.dev/reference/api/schemas.md) | Every request and response type |
| [Errors](https://docs.flung.dev/reference/api/errors.md) | Every error code and what to do about it |
| [`list_variables`](https://docs.flung.dev/reference/mcp/list-variables.md) | The same operation as an MCP tool |