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`inject-runtime-env.sh` in Twenty, the #1 open-source CRM.

`inject-runtime-env.sh` in Twenty, the #1 open-source CRM.

In this article, we will review inject-runtime-env.sh in twenty, the #1 open-source CRM. We will look at:

  1. What is inject-runtime-env.sh?

  2. build scripts

  3. index.html block

What is inject-runtime-env.sh?

In twenty/packages/twenty-front/scripts/inject-runtime-env.sh, you will find the following code:

#!/bin/sh

echo "Injecting runtime environment variables into index.html..."

CONFIG_BLOCK=$(cat << EOF
    <script id="twenty-env-config">
      window._env_ = {
        REACT_APP_SERVER_BASE_URL: "$REACT_APP_SERVER_BASE_URL"
      };
    </script>
    <!-- END: Twenty Config -->
EOF
)
# Use sed to replace the config block in index.html
# Using pattern space to match across multiple lines
echo "$CONFIG_BLOCK" | sed -i.bak '
  /<!-- BEGIN: Twenty Config -->/,/<!-- END: Twenty Config -->/{
    /<!-- BEGIN: Twenty Config -->/!{
      /<!-- END: Twenty Config -->/!d
    }
    /<!-- BEGIN: Twenty Config -->/r /dev/stdin
    /<!-- END: Twenty Config -->/d
  }
' build/index.html
rm -f build/index.html.bak

This code replaces a block in index.html with a script tag and this script tag looks as shown below

CONFIG_BLOCK=$(cat << EOF
    <script id="twenty-env-config">
      window._env_ = {
        REACT_APP_SERVER_BASE_URL: "$REACT_APP_SERVER_BASE_URL"
      };
    </script>
    <!-- END: Twenty Config -->
EOF
)

it uses sed to replace the config block in index.html, using pattern space to match across multiple lines

echo "$CONFIG_BLOCK" | sed -i.bak '
  /<!-- BEGIN: Twenty Config -->/,/<!-- END: Twenty Config -->/{
    /<!-- BEGIN: Twenty Config -->/!{
      /<!-- END: Twenty Config -->/!d
    }
    /<!-- BEGIN: Twenty Config -->/r /dev/stdin
    /<!-- END: Twenty Config -->/d
  }
' build/index.html
rm -f build/index.html.bak

sed

sed is the stream editor, in that you can use | (pipe) to send standard streams (STDIN and STDOUT specifically) through sed and alter them programmatically on the fly, making it a handy tool in the Unix philosophy tradition; but can edit files directly, too, using the -i parameter mentioned below.

Learn more about sed

build scripts

You will find the following scripts in twenty/packages/twenty-front/package.json

  "scripts": {
    "build": "NODE_ENV=production VITE_DISABLE_TYPESCRIPT_CHECKER=true VITE_DISABLE_ESLINT_CHECKER=true NODE_OPTIONS=--max-old-space-size=8192 npx vite build && sh ./scripts/inject-runtime-env.sh",
    "build:sourcemaps": "NODE_ENV=production VITE_BUILD_SOURCEMAP=true VITE_DISABLE_TYPESCRIPT_CHECKER=true VITE_DISABLE_ESLINT_CHECKER=true NODE_OPTIONS=--max-old-space-size=8192 npx vite build && sh ./scripts/inject-runtime-env.sh",
    "start:prod": "NODE_ENV=production npx serve -s build",
    "tsup": "npx tsup"
  },

This inject-runtime-env script is used in build, build:sourcemaps scripts and is executed at the end.

index.html block

In twenty/packages/twenty-front/index.html, you will find the following code snippet:

 <title>Twenty</title>
    <!-- BEGIN: Twenty Config -->
    <script id="twenty-env-config">
      window._env_ = {
        // This will be overwritten
      };
    </script>
    <!-- END: Twenty Config -->

This was the pattern that the inject-runtime-env was looking for in the index.html

 <!-- BEGIN: Twenty Config -->

 <!-- END: Twenty Config -->

This will be replace with the below script.

<script id="twenty-env-config">
  window._env_ = {
    REACT_APP_SERVER_BASE_URL: "$REACT_APP_SERVER_BASE_URL"
  };
</script>

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References:

  1. https://github.com/twentyhq/twenty/blob/main/packages/twenty-front/scripts/inject-runtime-env.sh

  2. https://github.com/twentyhq/twenty/blob/main/packages/twenty-front/index.html

  3. https://github.com/twentyhq/twenty/blob/301eb6e11cd3d1321342358a9476f8e9e1b41046/packages/twenty-front/package.json#L6

  4. https://github.com/twentyhq/twenty/blob/301eb6e11cd3d1321342358a9476f8e9e1b41046/packages/twenty-front/package.json#L7

  5. https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/159367/using-sed-to-find-and-replace

  6. https://github.com/twentyhq/twenty/blob/301eb6e11cd3d1321342358a9476f8e9e1b41046/packages/twenty-front/package.json#L6

  7. https://github.com/twentyhq/twenty/blob/main/packages/twenty-front/index.html