| `id` | integer/string | yes | The ID of a project or [urlencoded NAMESPACE/PROJECT_NAME of the project](README.md#namespaced-path-encoding) owned by the authenticated user |
| `key` | string | yes | The `key` of a variable; must have no more than 255 characters; only `A-Z`, `a-z`, `0-9`, and `_` are allowed |
| `value` | string | yes | The `value` of a variable |
| `protected` | boolean | no | Whether the variable is protected |
| `id` | integer/string | yes | The ID of a project or [urlencoded NAMESPACE/PROJECT_NAME of the project](README.md#namespaced-path-encoding) owned by the authenticated user |
| `key` | string | yes | The `key` of a variable |
| `value` | string | yes | The `value` of a variable |
| `protected` | boolean | no | Whether the variable is protected |
```
curl --request PUT --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/variables/NEW_VARIABLE" --form "value=updated value"