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Core · beginner · ~35 min · Chapter 2 of 3

Environments & variables

baseUrl and tokens per env — never hardcode secrets in shared collections.

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Environments swap baseUrl and credentials between local/staging/prod.

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Chapter learning outcomes
  • env vars
  • Secrets
  • {{baseUrl}}

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