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Barekey stores values as strings, then parses them according to each variable’s declared type. That matters because await barekey.get("KEY") returns the parsed value, not just the raw string.

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Supported declared types

Declared typeReturned SDK value
stringstring
booleanboolean
int64bigint
floatnumber
dateDate
jsonparsed JSON value

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Creating typed variables

Examples: 
barekey env new MAX_CONNECTIONS 100 --type int64
barekey env new FEATURE_ENABLED true --type boolean
barekey env new RELEASED_AT 2026-03-14T12:00:00.000Z --type date
barekey env new FEATURE_FLAGS '{"darkMode":true}' --type json

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Reading typed values with the SDK

const maxConnections = await barekey.get("MAX_CONNECTIONS");
const featureEnabled = await barekey.get("FEATURE_ENABLED");
const releasedAt = await barekey.get("RELEASED_AT");
const featureFlags = await barekey.get("FEATURE_FLAGS");
Typical resolved value shapes:
  • MAX_CONNECTIONS -> 100n
  • FEATURE_ENABLED -> true
  • RELEASED_AT -> new Date(...)
  • FEATURE_FLAGS -> parsed JSON

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Use inspect() for raw and parsed values together

const result = await barekey.get("MAX_CONNECTIONS").inspect();

result.value; // bigint
result.rawValue; // "100"
result.declaredType; // "int64"

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Why declared types matter

Declared types make Barekey more useful because they:
  • produce better generated SDK types
  • reduce manual parsing in application code
  • make CLI and API metadata easier to understand
  • catch bad values earlier

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Recommendation

Always set --type when creating variables unless you truly want an unstructured string value.