Using environment variables in blueprint yml files

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I’m using Kirby as a headless CMS and writing the front-end using Next.js.

To integrate this properly, I’m pointing the “Open” button (in the panel) to my front-end using the page blueprint preview property:

options:
  preview: "http://0.0.0.0:3000/{{ kirby.language }}/{{ page.slug }}"

But this only works for development. When this goes live, I’ll want to replace http://0.0.0.0:3000 with something else, say: https://fancyURL.com.

Usually, I would just replace http://0.0.0.0:3000 with an environment variable and use that to point to any front-end deployment I want at launch time.

But then I usually do this in the context of code.

How can I achieve this in the context of a YAML file?

Could I perhaps get help from Kirby using yml placeholders?
Some thing like preview: "{{ env.frontendurl }}/{{ kirby.language }}/{{ page.slug }}"?

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just a hunch :slight_smile:

3

I thought about using kirby.system.isLocal, but I just get a 1 or a 0, I don’t think I can build some kind of ternary that I can embed in the yml with this…

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4

This just leads back to Kirby. I’m trying to point to my own Next.js front-end deployment, hosted elsewhere.

5

hmm i guess you could use multi domain configs and put the url in there, then you should be able to access it with something like {{option.siteurl}}

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I was a bit vague there… you can create a key value pair in each domain specific config

'siteurl' => 'http://0.0.0.0:3000'

Keep in mind that all configs inherit the main config.php so you dont need to redefine everything, just the stuff you want to override for a specific domain

Then you should be able to pickup that value in the yaml with {{ option.siteurl }}

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Ok, this looks like exactly what I need.

So to be extra sure, this siteurl field would be top level?

config.localhost.php:

<?php

return [
    'siteurl' => 'http://0.0.0.0:3000',
    ...
];
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No use config.php for all which will include localhost then do a config.yourdomain.com.php that just has the siteurl value redeclared. this will overide that value for that domain only.

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Got it. However my question was about where in the returned array my custom siteurl should be. Top level like my code sample above?

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Not sure what you mean exactly there. Once you have those configs set this should do it

options:
  preview: "{{ option.siteurl }}/{{ kirby.language }}/{{ page.slug }}"

@texnixe might be able to help more here.

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Here is what I have now just to try it out:

site/blueprints/pages/home.yml:

title: Home
options:
  preview: "{{ option.siteurl }}/{{ kirby.language }}/{{ page.slug }}"
tabs:
  content: tabs/content
  header: tabs/header
  seotab: seo

site/config/config.php:

<?php

return [
  'debug' => true,

  'languages' => true,

  'panel' => [
    'install' => true,
    'css' => 'assets/css/panel.css',
  ],

  'markdown' => [
    'extra' => true
  ],

  'api' => [
    'basicAuth' => true,
    'allowInsecure' => true,
  ],

  'siteurl' => 'http://localhost:3000'
]

Yet the “Open” button on the home still just points to 0.0.0.0:8000/en/home instead of the expected http://localhost:3000/en/home.

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Hrmm… try {{ kirby.option.siteurl }}

14

Aha, yes! kirby.option('siteurl') is what did it in the end, thanks a lot!

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