Environment Variables

Quarto Wizard supports configuration through environment variables. These are read automatically when the extension starts.

Authentication

Quarto Wizard supports GitHub authentication via environment variables. This is useful for accessing private repositories or increasing API rate limits.

Variables

Variable	Description
GITHUB_TOKEN	GitHub personal access token for API authentication.
QUARTO_WIZARD_TOKEN	Alternative token variable (fallback if GITHUB_TOKEN is not set).

GITHUB_TOKEN takes precedence over QUARTO_WIZARD_TOKEN if both are set.

Examples

# Setting GitHub token for private repository access
export GITHUB_TOKEN=ghp_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

# Using the alternative token variable
export QUARTO_WIZARD_TOKEN=ghp_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Note

Tokens can also be set via VS Code settings or the extension’s authentication UI.

Proxy

Quarto Wizard respects standard proxy environment variables for network requests. This is useful when working behind a corporate proxy.

Variables

Variable	Description
HTTP_PROXY or http_proxy	Proxy URL for HTTP requests.
HTTPS_PROXY or https_proxy	Proxy URL for HTTPS requests.
NO_PROXY or no_proxy	Comma or space-separated list of hosts to bypass the proxy.

The uppercase variants take precedence over lowercase if both are set.

Examples

# Setting proxy for HTTPS requests
export HTTPS_PROXY=http://proxy.example.com:8080

# Setting proxy with authentication
export HTTPS_PROXY=http://user:password@proxy.example.com:8080

# Bypassing proxy for specific hosts
export NO_PROXY=localhost,127.0.0.1,.internal.corp

NO_PROXY Patterns

The NO_PROXY variable supports several pattern formats.

Pattern	Matches
*	Matches all hosts (disables proxy).
example.com	Matches exactly example.com and subdomains like api.example.com.
.example.com	Matches domain example.com and all subdomains.
localhost	Matches the literal hostname localhost.
127.0.0.1	Matches the literal IP address.

Note

CIDR notation (e.g., 192.168.1.0/24) is not supported.