# Client Side Environment variable access
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/client-side-environment-variable-access/92942
**Category:** General
**Created:** [6 November 2024 14:11 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/client-side-environment-variable-access/92942 "2024-11-06T14:11:12Z")
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### Author:  [@eddee54455](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/eddee54455)
#### Post date: [6 November 2024 14:11 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/client-side-environment-variable-access/92942/1 "2024-11-06T14:11:12Z")
Good day all,
I need to be able to set a client side environment variable and access it, when the client is active....
ie client pc opens dashboard, a local (to the client) environment variable is set up by a prompt of: "Hi there, what is your name?".....
Client then enters their name (Mike) in a text entry field and is stored to $NAME on the client pc...
During dashboard functions, the client can get personalised responses akin to:
"No, Mike, the Lights are already off."
As there are multiple points running the common dashboard, a single, server side environment variable will not work...
Or am I wrong?
TIA
Ed
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### Author:  [@omrid](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/omrid)
#### Post date: [7 November 2024 08:16 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/client-side-environment-variable-access/92942/2 "2024-11-07T08:16:49Z")
You can use a template node which saves the name in a global DOM variable or in a (hidden or not) HTML tag, which you can retrieve via `document.getElementById(...).value`.
But as far as I know, you will not be able to access it via a $NAME property, since these are resolved in the server node, not the client widget.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [5 February 2025 08:17 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/client-side-environment-variable-access/92942/3 "2025-02-05T08:17:10Z")
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