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Dynamically Add Host or IP in Env File

The document describes how to dynamically add a hostname or IP address to an Angular environment file by using a variable instead of a hardcoded value. It involves creating an env.js file to export a SERVER_HOST variable, importing that variable into the environment file and replacing hardcoded addresses with it, and setting the variable before building to the desired host. This allows easily switching servers without manually updating the environment file each time.

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Dynamically Add Host or IP in Env File

The document describes how to dynamically add a hostname or IP address to an Angular environment file by using a variable instead of a hardcoded value. It involves creating an env.js file to export a SERVER_HOST variable, importing that variable into the environment file and replacing hardcoded addresses with it, and setting the variable before building to the desired host. This allows easily switching servers without manually updating the environment file each time.

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You can dynamically add the hostname or IP address to the environment file by

using a variable in place of the hardcoded value.

Here's an example:

1. Create a new file called env.js in your Angular application root directory.
2. In env.js, create a variable to store the IP address or hostname. For example:

export const SERVER_HOST = '192.168.1.100';

3. In your environment file (e.g. environment.ts), import the SERVER_HOST


variable from env.js.

import { SERVER_HOST } from './env';

4. Replace the hardcoded IP address or hostname with the imported


SERVER_HOST variable.

serverUrl: `http://${SERVER_HOST}:3000/api/v1`,

5. Before building your Angular application, set the SERVER_HOST variable to the
appropriate IP address or hostname. You can do this using an environment
variable or by modifying the env.js file directly.
For example, if you want to set the SERVER_HOST variable to the IP address of the machine
running the API, you can use the following command:

export SERVER_HOST=$(ip route get 1 | awk '{print $NF;exit}')

This command will set the SERVER_HOST variable to the IP address of the default
gateway.

Alternatively, you can modify env.js directly with a script or a tool like sed to
replace the value of SERVER_HOST with the correct IP address or hostname.

By using a dynamic variable in your environment file, you can easily switch between
different servers without having to manually update the environment file each time.

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