Using global variables across YAML files within Artillery

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Is there any way in which I can say, define a URI that will be used in different .yml files for different Artillery load tests?

I am wanting to use the same URI within a number of .yml files to define the target within the config section.

I saw the following on the Artillery docs:

Values can be set dynamically via environment variables which are available under $processEnvironment template variable.

For example, to set a default HTTP header for all requests via the SERVICE_API_KEY environment variable

They show an example doc of:

export SERVICE_API_KEY="012345-my-api-key"

artillery run my-test.yml

However I am unsure of how to implement this, as I am using the package.json file to run the artillery run my-test.yml command.

[YML](https://fdik.org/yml/) is not the same as [YAML](https://yaml.org/spec/1.2/spec.html) and the recommended extension for YAML files has been `.yaml` at least since Sep 2006. The example you quote used the proper filename, which you seem to have misread/misrepresented in the rest of your post.. — Anthon, May 09 '19 at 14:38
@Anthon - Whoops. Mixing web examples and my own codebase there. Edited to be consistent now. Any thoughts on the matter, other than syntactic mistakes on my part? — physicsboy, May 09 '19 at 14:39
Sorry, but no. I get notified on posts tagged with [tag:yaml] (as I developed a Python load/dumper package for YAML), but I don't know Artillery. — Anthon, May 09 '19 at 14:47
@Anthon apologies, clicked the first one I saw. Have changed the tag to app.yaml now. — physicsboy, May 09 '19 at 14:51

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered May 23 '19 at 20:40

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Figured this out on my own:

In package.json make a new script. Call it whatever you like, and do something similar to this:

"scripts": {
    "start": "set ENV=https://yoursite.com&&artillery run -k yourtest.yml"
}

in the .yml file itself something like this:

config:
  target: "{{$processEnvironment.ENV}}"

call it like this:

npm run start

answered May 23 '19 at 20:40

simon

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Is there a way in which you would be able to specify multiple variables? – physicsboy May 24 '19 at 07:08
You could split up a common-config.yml as another option. See --config section here: https://artillery.io/docs/cli-reference/ – simon May 31 '19 at 19:16

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 09 '21 at 17:28

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IDK why but for me export worked, I mean:

"scripts": {
    "start": "export ENV=https://yoursite.com&&artillery run -k yourtest.yml"
}

answered Jun 09 '21 at 17:28

Rene Enriquez

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered May 27 '22 at 14:12

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Something perhaps not very sophisticated but that works is this:

config:
  target: "https:/"

Then in the url you can put the rest of the URL for each cases

- get:
    url: "/myUrl1.com"

- get:
    url: "/myUrl2.com"

answered May 27 '22 at 14:12

Vict01

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Using global variables across YAML files within Artillery

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