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Environment Files

Environment Files

Section titled “Environment Files”

rext.env.json

Section titled “rext.env.json”

Define variables per environment in a rext.env.json file at the root of your project:

{
  "Development": {
    "baseUrl": "http://localhost:3000",
    "apiKey": "dev-key-123"
  },
  "Staging": {
    "baseUrl": "https://staging.api.example.com",
    "apiKey": "stg-key-456"
  },
  "Production": {
    "baseUrl": "https://api.example.com",
    "apiKey": "prod-key-789"
  }
}

Switching Environments

Section titled “Switching Environments”

You can switch between environments using:

  • Status Bar — Click the environment selector at the bottom of VS Code
  • Sidebar — Select the environment from the Rext sidebar panel
  • Command Palette — Run Rext: Switch Environment

Usage

Section titled “Usage”

Once an environment is active, its variables are available via the {{variable}} syntax:

GET {{baseUrl}}/users
Authorization: Bearer {{apiKey}}

When the Development environment is active, this resolves to:

GET http://localhost:3000/users
Authorization: Bearer dev-key-123

Security

Section titled “Security”
.gitignore
rext.env.json

Environment files stay entirely local. Rext never syncs, uploads, or transmits your environment data.

Next Steps

Section titled “Next Steps”