# POST /v1/convai/environment-variables (ElevenLabs API)
Base URL: https://api.elevenlabs.io
Auth: xi-api-key: <ELEVENLABS_API_KEY>
Last verified: 2026-09-03

> Create Environment Variable

## Critical Gotchas
* Authentication uses the non-standard `xi-api-key` header, not `Authorization: Bearer`. Sending a Bearer token returns HTTP 401.
* Text-to-speech responses are raw binary audio, not JSON. Write the body to a file (`--output speech.mp3`) rather than parsing it.

## cURL
curl -X POST 'https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/convai/environment-variables' \
  -H "xi-api-key: $ELEVENLABS_API_KEY" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"type":"string","label":"string","values":{}}'

## Parameters
| Name | In | Type | Required | Description |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| type | body | string | Yes | Request body field type. |
| label | body | string | Yes | Unique label for the environment variable. |
| values | body | object | Yes | Environment-specific values. Must include 'production' key. |

## Response (200 OK)
{"label":"string","created_at_unix_secs":0}

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