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Val Town variable groups

One variable group's values, read by every val attached to it, written and pruned per key.

One variable group's values, read by every val attached to it, written and pruned per key.

The connection

WhatThis provider
VendorVal Town
Keyvaltown-env-group
Availabilityavailable. You can connect it today.
Credential penv holdsvaltown-token
Values read backno
Activationon-next-deploy

What it moves

DirectionWhat it does
exportWrites names and values from penv into the store.

Val Town returns no value once it holds one, so penv can write here and cannot read back.

When a written value goes live

on-next-deploy. A new value waits there and arrives with your next deploy.

What happens to a name that exists

DirectionPolicies you can pick
exportcreate_only, overwrite, overwrite_and_prune

How syncs work says what each one does.

How you connect

You paste a credential you already hold. penv seals it and never shows it again.

FieldLabelKindRequiredWhat it is
tokenAPI tokensecret, masked here and sealedyesAn API token with read and write access to your variable groups.

What a mapping asks for

Answered once per environment you map.

FieldLabelKindRequiredAdvancedWhat it is
groupIdVariable grouptextyesnoThe variable group whose values this environment maps onto.

Permissions it needs

penv probes for these when it verifies the connection.

PermissionDirectionsBlockingWithout it
vals:readevery directionyesPreview cannot list the group's variable names.
vals:writeexportyesExport cannot write anything.