Why is that the env variable I set via GitHub Action for an Azure SWA not accessable in application

Question

I am trying to add an env variable for my SWA through GitHub Actions and here in the relavent section in my yml file

I am trying to access the same env variable in Azure Static WebApp Api application

System.Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("TEST_SECRET")?.ToString();

The above value id always null.

What am i missing?

Here is the Microsoft documentation and I am following exactly the same.

Any pointers to what I am doing wrong is very much appreciated.

Answer 1

Hi Sajith,

Environment variables in the yml file are for use during the build. They are not available for use when your application is running.

https://docs.github.com/en/actions/learn-github-actions/variables

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Thanks.

-TP