Is there a way to access the root scope of the run...

# javascript

[spierce7]

Is there a way to access the root scope of the running compiled js file?

[turansky]

What is root scope?

[spierce7]

the outermost scope of the js file that the compiled Kotlin code is running

[turansky]

For export modification?

[spierce7]

NewRelic offers something called synthetics that run some js code every x minutes. I’m compiling a Kotlin-js app and uploading that to the synthetic (It can only run a single file, but it’s basically a node.js environment).

I’m uploading this compiled js to 3 different places, and each script has to be configured separately, so I’m letting people configure some settings in the header of the JS, and I need to find a way to be able to access them from my kotlin code.

[turansky]

During compilation?

[spierce7]

after compilation

[araqnid]

If they’re prepending some variable definitions to the kotlin/js output, those could presumably be accessed as free variables

[araqnid]

doesn’t that basically just make them external properties?

[Svyatoslav Kuzmich [JB]]

It is possible by using external declarations https://kotlinlang.org/docs/reference/js-interop.html#external-modifier

[Svyatoslav Kuzmich [JB]]

If the config data is a read-only object, it might be more convenient to use external object instead of external val with external interface