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title: "Contextual ENV"
description: "Realize the speed, agility and performance of a scalable, composable web architecture with Netlify. Explore the composable web platform now!"
source: "https://www.netlify.com/integrations/contextual-env/"
last_updated: "2026-07-26T07:51:27.000Z"
---
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## Details

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    -   [npm package](https://www.npmjs.com/package/netlify-plugin-contextual-env/v/0.3.0)
    -   [Review release notes](https://github.com/cball/netlify-plugin-contextual-env/releases)
    -   [Read docs](https://github.com/cball/netlify-plugin-contextual-env#readme)
    -   [Report an issue](https://github.com/cball/netlify-plugin-contextual-env/issues)

This plugin swaps out ENV vars on Netlify at build time. Here’s how it works:

Say you have an ENV in your API code called `DATABASE_URL`. If you use this plugin, you’ll be able to override that value based on a Context or Branch name.