Why is GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS not being set as env variable? - json

Question

If I set this env variable in my npm script like the below it works:
"cypress:open:dev": "CYPRESS_BASE_URL=$URL GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS=cypress/plugins/serviceAccountKeyDev.json cypress open --env version=development"
However, if I set this env in my Cypress Config file it doesn't seem to actually set it:
export default defineConfig({
e2e: {
async setupNodeEvents(on, config) {
// eslint-disable-next-line #typescript-eslint/no-var-requires
require('cypress-iap/utils')(on, config);
const version = config.env.version || 'development'
const configFile = await import(path.join(
config.projectRoot,
'cypress/config',
`${version}.json`
));
const credentialsFile = await import(path.join(
config.projectRoot,
'cypress/config',
'credentials.json'
));
const serviceAccountFile = await import(path.join(
config.projectRoot,
'cypress/plugins',
'serviceAccountKeyDev.json'
));
config = cypressBrowserPermissionsPlugin(on, config)
config.env = {
'browserPermissions': {
'geolocation': 'allow',
},
'GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS': serviceAccountFile
}
config = {
...config, // take config defined in this file
...configFile // merge/override from the external file
}
config.env = {
...config.env, // 2nd level merge
...credentialsFile[version] // from git-ignored file
}
config.baseUrl = config.baseUrl || configFile.env.baseUrl
return config
},
reporter: 'mochawesome'
},
});
If the tests are run in GitHub actions it also passes too. So why isn't the env variable set locally unless I hardcode it in the npm script?
GitHub Action workflow that also works:
name: Daily Regression Tests
on:
workflow_dispatch:
schedule:
#https://crontab.guru/#0_0_*_*_*
- cron: "0 0 * * *"
jobs:
cypress-run:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
strategy:
fail-fast: false
matrix:
# run 3 copies of the current job in parallel
containers: [1, 2, 3]
steps:
# Install NPM dependencies, cache them correctly
- name: Checkout
uses: actions/checkout#v3
- name: Setup Node
uses: actions/setup-node#v3
with:
node-version: '18.7.0'
cache: 'npm'
- name: NPM Install
run: npm install
- name: Write the credentials.json and serviceAccountKeyDev.json file 📝
# use quotes around the secret, as its value
# is simply inserted as a string into the command
run: |
echo '${{ secrets.CYPRESS_ENV_CI }}' > cypress/config/credentials.json
echo '${{ secrets.CYPRESS_ENV_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_KEY }}' > cypress/plugins/serviceAccountKeyDev.json
# Run all Cypress tests
- run: npm start -- --record --parallel --browser chrome --tag "dev,nightly"
env:
# and pass the Dashboard record key as an environment variable
CYPRESS_RECORD_KEY: ${{ secrets.CYPRESS_RECORD_KEY }}
GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS: cypress/plugins/serviceAccountKeyDev.json