List in environment variable (automation framework)

[Patrick Pugh]

Hello,

How do I pass a list? I'm using automation framework through the docker images.

Say I use this in a docker-compose or docker command line:

  - url_list=https://www.some.app:2443/

In the yaml file, this works:

  contexts :

    - name: context 1

      urls: ["${url_list}"]

But how do I pass several values? I thought something like this could work:

  - url_list=["https://www.some.app:2443/"]

But it results in an error like this:

Automation plan failures:
        Context URLs should be a list: ${url_list}

I could pass a fixed number of URLs with something like this

  contexts :

    - name: context 1

      urls: ["${url_1}", "${url_2}", "${url_3}"]

But I'd rather not if there's a better way.

Thanks!

[Simon Bennetts]

Hiya,

Right now I think the urls: ["${url_1}", "${url_2}", "${url_3}"] option will be the only way that works.

We could add support for an envvar which expands to a list but it will require code changes.

Would anyone else find thins useful, or have other suggestions as to how it could work?

Cheers,

Simon

[Patrick Pugh]

Thanks for the reply! I`ll use multiple variables, it's not really a problem. I just wanted to be sure I didn't miss something obvious.