'Intellij Idea HTTP Request Payload Variable

PROBLEM Intellij Idea HTTP-request POST has payload values dependent on an environment. Variables are not substituted when used in a payload as they are in place of path variables, for example.

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RESEARCH https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/http-client-reference.html

http-client.env.json

{
 "LOCAL": {
  "protocol": "http://",
  "host": "localhost",
  "port": ":8000",
  "apiKey": "api-key",
  "username": "[email protected]",
  "password": "password"
  }
}

Intellij 2021.2.1
you can select payload variables from context menu and navigate with Ctrl + click

QUESTION Is there a way to use variables in a payload?

intellij-idea httprequest

Solution 1:^[1]

After playing some time and rereading the exception, I've had a guess to wrap it into double quotes. Now it works:

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