How can one define an array type variable in gitlab-ci

Question

I'm writing a gitlab-ci.yaml script for my pipeline, and trying to define an array of strings variable (simplified version of the code):

npm_audit:
  variables:
    PACKAGE-WHITE-LIST: ["package A", "package B"]
  script:
   - npm install audit-ci
   - npx audit-ci -w PACKAGE-WHITE-LIST npm >> audit.log

When I run the pipeline, I get a yaml parse failure: "variables config should be a hash of key value pairs array"

What am I missing here?

why do you want to create an array ? `PACKAGE-WHITE-LIST: "package A package B"` should work — Nicolas Pepinster, Aug 12 '19 at 14:19
@NicolasPepinster when I changed it according to your suggestion I got the following error: /bin/bash: line 75: export: `PACKAGE-WHITE-LIST=extend kue': not a valid identifier — omer, Aug 12 '19 at 14:27
It's because of the dash in your variable name, please see my answer — Nicolas Pepinster, Aug 12 '19 at 14:55

score -2 · Accepted Answer · edited Oct 06 '20 at 09:38

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Your code is not working for some reasons :

Your variable can't contain dash
You forgot the $ before your variable name to retrieve its value
You don't need to create an array

The following definition should work :

  npm_audit:
  variables:
    PACKAGE_WHITE_LIST: "package A package B"
  script:
   - npm install audit-ci
   - npx audit-ci -w $PACKAGE_WHITE_LIST npm >> audit.log

edited Oct 06 '20 at 09:38

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answered Aug 12 '19 at 14:55

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Wouldn't the fact that those package names contain spaces cause a problem? – SpoonMeiser Sep 23 '20 at 12:00
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Are you able to define array variable then? – Borislav Stoilov Oct 20 '20 at 14:10
@BorislavStoilov Unfortunately, it looks like you can not via Gitlab CI. Really frustrating, but the only 'solution' GL provides really is spaces (which doesn't work with question). – Ethan DeLong Apr 16 '22 at 21:11

How can one define an array type variable in gitlab-ci

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