Can you give a use case example of Blocks vs Variables

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Christopher Boyd · Answer

They are very similar in general an example that I have used are static API urls for a 3rd party api There are routine messages sent in a flow to this 3rd party api jira but I have different api URLS between tiers dev stage prod I use the same code in the flow to reference the same named variable but different values across workspaces

Christopher Boyd · Answer

e g dev might be `https dev jira com` then `<https stage jira com>` where the flow code references just a single name variable

Christopher Boyd · Answer

then if it changes I can just change it in a single location

Stéphan Taljaard · Answer

Blocks are preferred over Variables for storing sensitive information right

Christopher Boyd · Answer

yes specifically SecretStr which are intentionally obfuscated

Christopher Boyd · Answer

Christopher Boyd · Answer

An alternate mechanism is using a JSON block to store a reference location to a secret in your existing secrets manager like AWS Azure Keyvault

Christopher Boyd · Answer

you can defer the secrets that way but that requires a little more hand written code to access

Christopher Boyd · Answer

using like identity