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| title: APISIX variable |
| keywords: |
| - Apache APISIX |
| - API Gateway |
| - APISIX variable |
| description: This article describes the variables supported by Apache APISIX. |
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| ## Description |
| |
| Besides [NGINX variable](http://nginx.org/en/docs/varindex.html), APISIX also provides |
| additional variables. |
| |
| ## List of variables |
| |
| | Variable Name | Origin | Description | Example | |
| |-------------------- | ---------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------- | |
| | balancer_ip | core | The IP of picked upstream server. | 192.168.1.2 | |
| | balancer_port | core | The port of picked upstream server. | 80 | |
| | consumer_name | core | Username of Consumer. | | |
| | consumer_group_id | core | Group ID of Consumer. | | |
| | graphql_name | core | The [operation name](https://graphql.org/learn/queries/#operation-name) of GraphQL. | HeroComparison | |
| | graphql_operation | core | The operation type of GraphQL. | mutation | |
| | graphql_root_fields | core | The top level fields of GraphQL. | ["hero"] | |
| | mqtt_client_id | mqtt-proxy | The client id in MQTT protocol. | | |
| | route_id | core | Id of Route. | | |
| | route_name | core | Name of Route. | | |
| | service_id | core | Id of Service. | | |
| | service_name | core | Name of Service. | | |
| | redis_cmd_line | Redis | The content of Redis command. | | |
| | rpc_time | xRPC | Time spent at the rpc request level. | | |
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| You can also register your own [variable](./plugin-develop.md#register-custom-variable). |
