Travis CI environment variables with Gradle properties

Question

How can I use travis-ci env variables as Gradle\'s properties?

I locally have my gradle.properties under the gradle path having:

sonatypeRepo = abcd


        

Answer 1

I just stumbled on this too.

This is how I got it to work:

In my build.gradle

def uzer = hasProperty('blahUser') ? blahUser : System.getenv('blahUser')
def creds = hasProperty('blahPwd') ? blahPwd : System.getenv('blahPwd')

In my $HOME/.gradle/gradle.properties

blahUser=batman
blahPwd=eatsworms

So I needed this for travis-ci -- which I don't think has a notion of a $HOME/.gradle/gradle.properties But you can add environment variables to .travis.yml.

Basically, as previously mentioned, if the property is 'there'; gradle uses it, otherwise asks the environment for it. In my case the 'hasProperty()' check was needed so travis wouldn't generate a property not found exception.....

hth...

Answer 2

Below an example to define a project property, not a local variable, if it is not defined, by getting the value from the Environment.

project.ext {
    if (! project.hasProperty('some_prop')) { 
        some_prop = System.getenv('some_prop') 
    }
}

I wanted a project property so I can use it also to set the PWs in my spring-boot YAML file... both locally and in CI.