# \[Proposal\] Global Environment Variable

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/proposal-global-environment-variable/65560>\
**Category:** Core Development\
**Created:** [25 July 2022 07:34 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/proposal-global-environment-variable/65560 "2022-07-25T07:34:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![dceejay](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/dceejay/32/38_2.png) [@dceejay](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dceejay)\
**Post date:** [25 July 2022 09:23 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/proposal-global-environment-variable/65560/7 "2022-07-25T09:23:27Z")

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If they need to be typed then I think they may need a different name... when I think of environment variables then they should always just be simple strings. (and I would vote for them to be held in a .env file - but I can see this would cause issues on systems where you may not have a file system)

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