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[@salesforce/b2c-tooling-sdk](../../modules.md) / [safety](../index.md) / getSafetyLevel

# Function: getSafetyLevel()

> **getSafetyLevel**(`defaultLevel`): [`SafetyLevel`](../type-aliases/SafetyLevel.md)

Defined in: [packages/b2c-tooling-sdk/src/safety/safety-middleware.ts:175](https://github.com/SalesforceCommerceCloud/b2c-developer-tooling/blob/e7c16f1ae423da0aa47b3e10be88f9770b53619b/packages/b2c-tooling-sdk/src/safety/safety-middleware.ts#L175)

Parse safety level from environment variable.

Reads from SFCC_SAFETY_LEVEL. Valid values: NONE, NO_DELETE, NO_UPDATE, READ_ONLY
(case-insensitive; dashes converted to underscores). Invalid values are logged
as a warning and the default level is returned.

## Parameters

### defaultLevel

[`SafetyLevel`](../type-aliases/SafetyLevel.md) = `'NONE'`

Default level if no environment variable is set or value is invalid

## Returns

[`SafetyLevel`](../type-aliases/SafetyLevel.md)

Parsed safety level