how to store env variables

[adrai]

https://github.com/claudiajs/claudia-api-builder/blob/master/README.md#the-request-object

have I to update the claudia.json file to automatically save/update additional stage variables?

[gojko]

no, you should set the stage variables in AWS directly. I don't like keeping stage variables inside the project folder structure because they often contain secret access keys.

You can set stage variables from the AWS web console (see Set Stage Variables Using the Amazon API Gateway Console), or using the AWS CLI, like this:

aws apigateway create-deployment --rest-api-id API_ID \
  --stage-name production --variables accessKey=5465876375e273re

See the DynamoDB CRUD example project for an example of how that's used.

it is good to use the set-version claudia command to create a completely new stage before you set the vars for the first time, as it will save you manual access configuration.