# Get the environment variables (/docs/api-reference/envd/get-the-environment-variables)

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# Get the environment variables

`GET /envs`

Get the environment variables

## OpenAPI

```json
{
  "security": [
    {
      "SandboxAccessTokenAuth": []
    }
  ],
  "parameters": [
    {
      "name": "E2b-Sandbox-Id",
      "in": "header",
      "required": true,
      "description": "Identifier of the target sandbox. Routes the request to that sandbox's envd over the shared sandbox host.",
      "schema": {
        "type": "string"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "E2b-Sandbox-Port",
      "in": "header",
      "required": true,
      "description": "Port envd listens on inside the sandbox (default 49983).",
      "schema": {
        "type": "integer",
        "default": 49983
      }
    }
  ],
  "responses": {
    "200": {
      "description": "Environment variables",
      "content": {
        "application/json": {
          "schema": {
            "additionalProperties": {
              "type": "string",
              "description": "Environment variables for the sandbox"
            },
            "type": "object"
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "502": {
      "description": "Sandbox not found",
      "content": {
        "application/json": {
          "schema": {
            "type": "object",
            "required": [
              "sandboxID",
              "message",
              "code"
            ],
            "properties": {
              "message": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "Error message"
              },
              "code": {
                "type": "integer",
                "description": "Error code"
              },
              "sandboxID": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "Identifier of the sandbox"
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
```