Railway Connection - Infisical

Infisical supports the use of API Tokens to connect with Railway.

Create a Railway API Token

<Tabs> <Tab title="Team Token"> A team token provides access to all resources within a team. It cannot be used to access personal resources in Railway.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Click the profile image in the top-right corner and select 'Account Settings'">
    ![Dashboard Page](/images/app-connections/railway/railway-app-connection-account-settings.png)
  </Step>
  <Step title="In the personal settings sidebar, click on 'Tokens'">
    ![Account Settings Page](/images/app-connections/railway/railway-app-connection-account-settings-tokens.png)
  </Step>
  <Step title="Enter a token name and select a team">
    Make sure to provide a descriptive name and select the correct team.

    ![Enter Name and Select Team](/images/app-connections/railway/railway-app-connection-team-token-form.png)
  </Step>
  <Step title="Click on 'Create'">
    ![Create Token](/images/app-connections/railway/railway-app-connection-team-token-create.png)
  </Step>
  <Step title="Save the token">
    After clicking 'Create', your access token will be displayed. Save it securely for later use.

    ![Copy Token Modal](/images/app-connections/railway/railway-app-connection-team-token-created.png)
  </Step>
</Steps>

</Tab> <Tab title="Account Token"> If no team is selected, the token will be associated with your personal Railway account and will have access to all your individual and team resources.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Click the profile image in the top-right corner and select 'Account Settings'">
    ![Dashboard Page](/images/app-connections/railway/railway-app-connection-account-settings.png)
  </Step>
  <Step title="In the personal settings sidebar, click on 'Tokens'">
    ![Account Settings Page](/images/app-connections/railway/railway-app-connection-account-settings-tokens.png)
  </Step>
  <Step title="Enter a token name and select 'No workspace'">
    Provide a descriptive name and ensure no team is selected. This will create an account-level token.

    ![Enter Name](/images/app-connections/railway/railway-app-connection-account-token-form.png)
  </Step>
  <Step title="Click on 'Create'">
    ![Create Token](/images/app-connections/railway/railway-app-connection-account-token-create.png)
  </Step>
  <Step title="Save the token">
    After clicking 'Create', your access token will be shown. Save it for future use.

    ![Copy Token Modal](/images/app-connections/railway/railway-app-connection-account-token-created.png)
  </Step>
</Steps>

</Tab> <Tab title="Project Token"> Project tokens are limited to a specific environment within a project and can only be used to authenticate requests to that environment.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open your Railway dashboard and click on a project">
    ![Dashboard Page](/images/app-connections/railway/railway-app-connection-project-token-dashboard.png)
  </Step>
  <Step title="On the project page, click 'Settings' in the top-right corner">
    ![Project Settings Page](/images/app-connections/railway/railway-app-connection-project-token-project.png)
  </Step>
  <Step title="In the left sidebar, scroll to the bottom and click on 'Tokens'">
    ![Project Token Settings Page](/images/app-connections/railway/railway-app-connection-project-token-settings.png)
  </Step>
  <Step title="Enter a token name and select an environment">
    Provide a descriptive name and select the appropriate environment for the token.

    ![Enter Name and Select environment](/images/app-connections/railway/railway-app-connection-project-token-form.png)
  </Step>
  <Step title="Click on 'Create'">
    ![Create Token](/images/app-connections/railway/railway-app-connection-project-token-create.png)
  </Step>
  <Step title="Save the token">
    After clicking 'Create', the access token will be displayed. Be sure to save it for later use.

    ![Copy Token Modal](/images/app-connections/railway/railway-app-connection-project-token-created.png)
  </Step>
</Steps>

</Tab> </Tabs>

Create a Railway Connection in Infisical

<Tabs> <Tab title="Infisical UI"> <Steps> <Step title="Navigate to App Connections"> In your Infisical dashboard, navigate to the **Integrations** tab in the desired project, then select **App Connections**.

    ![App Connections Tab](/images/app-connections/general/add-connection.png)
  </Step>
  <Step title="Select Railway Connection">
    Click **+ Add Connection** and choose **Railway Connection** from the list of integrations.

    ![Select Railway Connection](/images/app-connections/railway/railway-app-connection-option.png)
  </Step>
  <Step title="Fill out the Railway Connection form">
    Complete the form by providing:
    - A descriptive name for the connection
    - An optional description
    - The type of token you created earlier
    - The token value from the previous step

    ![Railway Connection Modal](/images/app-connections/railway/railway-app-connection-form.png)
  </Step>
  <Step title="Connection created">
    After submitting the form, your **Railway Connection** will be successfully created and ready to use with your Infisical project.

    ![Railway Connection Created](/images/app-connections/railway/railway-app-connection-generated.png)
  </Step>
</Steps>

</Tab> <Tab title="API"> To create a Railway Connection via API, send a request to the [Create Railway Connection](/api-reference/endpoints/app-connections/railway/create) endpoint.

### Sample request

```bash Request
curl    --request POST \
        --url https://app.infisical.com/api/v1/app-connections/railway \
        --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
        --data '{
            "name": "my-railway-connection",
            "method": "team-token",
            "projectId": "7ffbb072-2575-495a-b5b0-127f88caef78",
            "credentials": {
                "apiToken": "[TEAM TOKEN]"
            }
        }'
```

### Sample response

```bash Response
{
  "appConnection": {
      "id": "e5d18aca-86f7-4026-a95e-efb8aeb0d8e6",
      "name": "my-railway-connection",
      "projectId": "7ffbb072-2575-495a-b5b0-127f88caef78",
      "description": null,
      "version": 1,
      "orgId": "6f03caa1-a5de-43ce-b127-95a145d3464c",
      "createdAt": "2025-04-23T19:46:34.831Z",
      "updatedAt": "2025-04-23T19:46:34.831Z",
      "isPlatformManagedCredentials": false,
      "credentialsHash": "7c2d371dec195f82a6a0d5b41c970a229cfcaf88e894a5b6395e2dbd0280661f",
      "app": "railway",
      "method": "team-token",
      "credentials": {}
  }
}
```

</Tab> </Tabs>