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Accessing Environment variables in Botium.json

In Botium.json, "SIMPLEREST_INIT_CONTEXT": { "token": "367439234324243" ,"sessionid":"34546363dfgfg4545"}, This value needs to taken from env variable PROCESS.ENV.token, How can i set in this file so that i can use it in simplerest endpoints ??? example would be great

Solution

  • Environment variables can be access within the moustache templates scripting functions, see Botium Wiki.

    ...
"SIMPLEREST_INIT_CONTEXT": {
  "token": "{{#fnc.func}}{{process.env.token}}{{/fnc.func}}",
  "sessionid":"34546363dfgfg4545"
}
...

    It seems as if you want to use the token from the environment variables, and with this token you want to initialize the session before starting a conversation. Could work like this - first make a "ping" request to initialize the session, then use the session id from the ping response body in the following calls:

    ...
"SIMPLEREST_PING_URL": "some url",
"SIMPLEREST_PING_VERB": "POST",
"SIMPLEREST_PING_HEADERS": {
  "token": "{{#fnc.func}}{{process.env.token}}{{/fnc.func}}"
},
"SIMPLEREST_PING_BODY": { some json content for the body },
...
"SIMPLEREST_URL": "...",
"SIMPLEREST_HEADERS_TEMPLATE": {
  "sessionid":"{{context.message.key}}"
},
...