What is the Most Professional Way to Store a JSON Constant in Pipedream?

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what’s the best way to store a JSON constant in Pipedream? I thought about setting an environment variable and JSON.parse it. But it does not seem very professional…

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You can store a JSON constant in Pipedream in a couple of ways. Here are two recommended methods: ### 1. Using Environment Variables Environment variables are a secure way to store configuration data and secrets. You can store your JSON constant as a string in an environment variable and parse it in your workflow. This method is secure and keeps your secrets separate from your code. #### Steps: 1. Go to your Pipedream workflow. 2. Click on the “Environment Variables” tab. 3. Add a new environment variable and paste your JSON string as the value. 4. In your workflow, access and parse the environment variable using JSON.parse. #### Example: const jsonString = process.env.MY_JSON_CONSTANT; const jsonObject = JSON.parse(jsonString); ### 2. Using Data Stores Pipedream Data Stores are key-value stores that can be used to store and retrieve data across workflow executions. This method is more flexible and can be used to store larger JSON objects. #### Steps: 1. Add a Data Store to your workflow. 2. Store your JSON constant in the Data Store. 3. Retrieve and parse the JSON constant in your workflow. #### Example: ```
export default defineComponent({ props: { data: { type: “data_store” }, }, async run({ steps, $ }) { // Store JSON constant const jsonConstant = { key: “value” }; await this.data.set(“jsonConstant”, JSON.stringify(jsonConstant)); // Retrieve and parse JSON constant const jsonString = await this.data.get(“jsonConstant”); const jsonObject = JSON.parse(jsonString); return jsonObject; }, });

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Data store is pretty perfect for that.