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Environment variables

There are two options how you can set up environment variables for Actors.

Set up environment variables in .actor/actor.json​

All keys from env will be set as environment variables into Apify platform after you push Actor to Apify. Current values on Apify will be overridden.

{
  "actorSpecification": 1,
  "name": "dataset-to-mysql",
  "version": "0.1",
  "buildTag": "latest",
  "environmentVariables": {
    "MYSQL_USER": "my_username",
    "MYSQL_PASSWORD": "@mySecretPassword"
  }
}

Set up environment variables in Apify Console​

In Apify Console select your Actor, you can set up variables into Source tab. After setting up variables in the app, remove the environmentVariables from .actor/actor.json. Otherwise, variables from .actor/actor.json will override variables in the app.

{
  "actorSpecification": 1,
  "name": "dataset-to-mysql",
  "version": "0.1",
  "buildTag": "latest"
}

How to set secret environment variables in .actor/actor.json​

CLI provides commands to manage secrets environment variables. Secrets are stored to the ~/.apify directory. You can add a new secret using the command:

apify secrets add mySecretPassword pwd1234

After adding a new secret you can use the secret in .actor/actor.json.

{
    "actorSpecification": 1,
    "name": "dataset-to-mysql",
    ...
    "environmentVariables": {
      "MYSQL_PASSWORD": "@mySecretPassword"
    },
    ...
}

Need help?​

To see all CLI commands simply run:

apify help

To get information about a specific command run:

apify help COMMAND

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