Access environment variables from forge event callback

Forge Forge Modules and Product Triggers
1

I have a Forge app that uses the trigger module to get callbacks when issues change. I’m trying to access a set environment variable from the function that’s run from one of these event triggers, and it’s consistently undefined.

My manifest.yml looks like this:

modules:
  trigger:
    - key: issue-update-trigger
      function: app-issue-events-func
      events:
        - avi:jira:updated:issue
  function:
    - key: main
      handler: index.run
    - key: app-issue-events-func
      handler: index.issueUpdate

I set the variable with:

forge variables set FORGE_USER_VAR_NAME value

And my function looks like:

import * as process from 'process';

export async function issueUpdate(data) {
  const nameVar = process.env.FORGE_USER_VAR_NAME;
  console.log(nameVar);
  // undefined
}

Is it not possible to access environment variables from trigger functions?

2

The process object is available globally within Node.js and the Forge environment. Can you please try removing the process import - perhaps it is interfering with the one Forge provides?

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