Introducing: Default Environment Variables

May 8, 2018

Introducing: Default Environment Variables

Environment variables are pairs of key-and-value commonly used by developers to encrypt authentication credentials, pass values in scripts and hide sensitive data in configuration files.

Today's release expands the feature with a list of default ENV VARs that you can use. The variables are automatically populated during each execution, holding such data as the branch from which the deploy was made or the ID of the execution.

List of Populated Variables

BUDDY_WORKSPACE_URL
BUDDY_WORKSPACE_ID
BUDDY_WORKSPACE_NAME
BUDDY_WORKSPACE_DOMAIN
BUDDY_PROJECT_URL
BUDDY_PROJECT_NAME
BUDDY_PROJECT_NAME_ID
BUDDY_REPO_SLUG
BUDDY_INVOKER_URL
BUDDY_INVOKER_ID
BUDDY_INVOKER_NAME
BUDDY_INVOKER_EMAIL
BUDDY_INVOKER_AVATAR_URL
BUDDY_EXECUTION_URL
BUDDY_EXECUTION_ID
BUDDY_EXECUTION_START_DATE
BUDDY_EXECUTION_MODE
BUDDY_EXECUTION_CLEAR_CACHE
BUDDY_EXECUTION_REFRESH
BUDDY_EXECUTION_COMMENT
BUDDY_EXECUTION_BRANCH
BUDDY_EXECUTION_TAG
BUDDY_EXECUTION_PULL_REQUEST_ID
BUDDY_EXECUTION_PREVIOUS_REVISION
BUDDY_EXECUTION_PREVIOUS_REVISION_MESSAGE
BUDDY_EXECUTION_REVISION
BUDDY_EXECUTION_REVISION_MESSAGE
BUDDY_EXECUTION_REVISION_COMMITER_EMAIL
BUDDY_PIPELINE_URL
BUDDY_PIPELINE_ID
BUDDY_PIPELINE_NAME
BUDDY_PIPELINE_REF_NAME
BUDDY_PIPELINE_TRIGGER_MODE
BUDDY_PIPELINE_TARGET_SITE_URL
BUDDY_FAILED_ACTION_LOGS
BUDDY_FAILED_ACTION_NAME

Example Usage

The ENV VARs are available in all supported fields. To use a default variable, type $BUDDY in the input, and Buddy will autosuggest the variables available. For example, you can use a default variable to automatically label zipped packages with the execution ID:

Local shell actionLocal shell action

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Alexander Kus

Alexander Kus

Customer Success Manager

A story-teller and conversation-lover, Alexander decided to invest his skills to help his friends at Buddy transform the cold language of patch notes into exciting narratives. Also: an avid gamer, hip-hop DJ, Liverpool FC fan, absentminded husband, and the father of two.