# serverless-plugin-encode-env-var-objects Serverless plugin to encode any environment variable objects. AWS Lambda/CloudFormation does not allow for environment variables to be of type object. This [Serverless](http://serverless.com) plugin will check any environment variables under `provider` and `functions`. If the environment variable is an object the plugin will resave the variable as a base64 stringified version. Base64 encoding is required because commas are not allowed in AWS Lambda environment variables. To use, add it to your `serverless.yml` under plugins: ``` plugins: - serverless-plugin-encode-env-var-objects ``` Select specific environment variable names to encode by including an array of names as under the custom property `encodeEnvObjects`. If `encodeEnvObjects` is not defined, all objects will be encoded. Example: ``` custom: encodeEnvObjects: - ONLY_THIS_ENV ```