.. _env-vars:

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Environment variables required to run examples
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To run the cURL command examples for the Object Storage API requests,
set these environment variables:

publicURL
  The public URL that is the HTTP endpoint from where you can access
  Object Storage. It includes the Object Storage API version number
  and your account name. For example,
  ``https://23.253.72.207/v1/my_account``.

token
  The authentication token for Object Storage.

To obtain these values, run the ``swift stat -v`` command.

As shown in this example, the public URL appears in the ``StorageURL``
field, and the token appears in the ``Auth Token`` field:

.. code::

    StorageURL: https://23.253.72.207/v1/my_account
    Auth Token: {token}
    Account: my_account
    Containers: 2
    Objects: 3
    Bytes: 47
    Meta Book: MobyDick
    X-Timestamp: 1389453423.35964
    X-Trans-Id: txee55498935404a2caad89-0052dd3b77
    Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
    Accept-Ranges: bytes