How does the JSON field in the Variable Raw Editor work? - Railway Central Station

How does the JSON field in the Variable Raw Editor work?

rojwilco

HOBBYOP

2 years ago

I am trying to understand how i can pass configurations via the variables into a service, and I see there is a JSON entry box in the variable raw editor. How does this work? What format should the JSON be in, and how is that translated to environment variables in the service?

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rojwilco

HOBBYOP

2 years ago

N/A

2 years ago

its just json { "VARIABLE1": "value 1", "VARIABLE2": "value 2" }and so on. It's just a different way to edit/add variables in addition to the pretty interface and the env format

2 years ago

the above in env format would be

VARIABLE1="value 1"
VARIABLE2="value 2"```

rojwilco

HOBBYOP

2 years ago

oh, so i can't really put complex stuff in there? nested lists, etc

2 years ago

Yea you can't, it complains: JSON values must be strings or { value: string, description?: string | null }

rojwilco

HOBBYOP

2 years ago

alright, thanks

2 years ago

!s

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