How can I programmatically set Folder Variables?

[BlakeCThompson]

The documentation shows that Folder Variables are supported.
There is a "getFolderVar" method, but no "setFolderVar".
Is this by design, or will we possibly get a setFolderVar in the future?
If not/in the mean time, is there a workaround that I could use to set Folder Variables within a post request script?
Thanks in advance.

[rreyn-bruno]

Hi @BlakeCThompson - this is an interesting topic. Since collection/folder variables are meant to be immutable, we typically see folks using bru.setEnvVar/bru.setVar. Is there a specific use case you have in mind here, or is it a workflow you're used to from another tool?

[phrfpeixoto]

Interesting. I just filed a feature request about this, but I didn't know that these are meant to be immutable.

[CastorDaedalus]

In a folder I have a request that gets a dynamic value. Within the same folder I have several other requests that I want to test individually, manually. They depend on the dynamic value and I currently have to copy/paste it into the body. The value isn't related to global or environment variables. It's just specific to this individual folder.

I could technically put it in an environment variable, but I have other folders for different topics that would use the same variable and cause conflicts. So I would need to make a new environment variable name for each folder which seems weird and not the right approach.

Ideally, scripts could set folder and collection variables as well for the same reasons. Why can scripts set environment and global variables when they are higher scope than folder? Those variables effect every request across the entire collection.