So it worked. I added the variables to the environment variables of the run configuration And added ...

# kobweb

[Funyinoluwa Kashimawo]

So it worked. I added the variables to the environment variables of the run configuration And added all the environment variables to the app globals

[Funyinoluwa Kashimawo]

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[David Herman]

Fantastic! Great, fast work, and a nice way to verify that it's working.

For security purposes, I'd recommend filtering out only the env var you need. Otherwise, who knows if you'll accidentally ship a private API key someday that someone put into an env var on a CI.

[Funyinoluwa Kashimawo]

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[David Herman]

globals.put(System.getenv("Environment")) should do it?

[Funyinoluwa Kashimawo]

Yeah, that's true. I would take note of that. Thank you very much

[David Herman]

Note that convention recommends your env var be ALL_CAPS. And you might want to choose something a bit less generic than "ENVIRONMENT", maybe "XYZ_ENVIRONMENT" where "XYZ" is replaced with the name of your site?

[David Herman]

You're very welcome. Keep up the good work!

[Funyinoluwa Kashimawo]

This App globals will also work for that docker implementation, I'll just pull them from the properties file instead of using the BuildConfig gradle plugin

[David Herman]

Yes, it should

[David Herman]

Not too much magic here -- you're basically informing the Kobweb Application Gradle Plugin which then just hardcodes those values in its generated main.kt file in a way that your site can then query them back later.

[David Herman]

(Search your build/ directory for main.kt if you want to see it yourself)

[Funyinoluwa Kashimawo]

Awesome, I'll check it out.

[Christiano]

I'm sorry to ask a question on this stale thread. But I was trying to get an environment variable, but for some reason my run fails because of this error

PS C:\Workspace\...\....\....\site> export BASE_URL=<https://127.0.0.1:5432/>; kobweb run
export : The term 'export' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.
At line:1 char:1
+ export BASE_URL=<https://127.0.0.1:5432/>; kobweb run
+ ~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (export:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException

I found out it happens because I'm on a windows and the export command is for linux machines. But when I run set BASE_URL=<https://127.0.0.1:5432/>; kobweb run the project won't recognize my environment variable... What could be the issue, any idea?

[Christiano]

Sorry, nvm my question as I found I could easily use the command $env:BASE_URL="<https://127.0.0.1:5432/>"; kobweb run