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Jiew Meng
Jiew Meng

Reputation: 88197

Setting environment variable in CircleCI command

I want to set an environment variable based on the output of a CLI command, I tried the below but it does not work

- run:
    name: Build web files
    command: API_URL="$(node utils/get-api-url.js)" && npm --prefix skynet/web run build

Why is that?

I tried the below following https://discuss.circleci.com/t/setting-environment-variables-with-a-command-fails/11034/4

- run:
    name: Build web files
    command: |
      API_URL: $(node utils/get-api-url.js)
      eval $(npm --prefix skynet/web run build)

But got

/bin/bash: API_URL:: command not found Exited with code 127

Upvotes: 2

Views: 827

Answers (1)

FelicianoTech
FelicianoTech

Reputation: 4017

Based on your initial example, try this:

- run:
  name: Build web files
  command: |
    API_URL=$(node utils/get-api-url.js)
    npm --prefix skynet/web run build

Keep in mind, the variable API_URL wouldn't be available outside of this CircleCI step.

Upvotes: 3

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