Const

A const definition defines a single typed value. You can’t refer to these values in the rest of a Bebop schema, but they come in handy when the parties using your schemas also need to agree on certain application-wide parameters.

Currently, valid const types are: boolean, integers, floats (including inf, -inf, nan), strings, and GUIDs.

For example:

const int32 PianoKeys = 88;
const guid ImportantProductID = "a3628ec7-28d4-4546-ad4a-f6ebf5375c96";

Environment Variables & String Substitutions

A const definition can also be used to define a string that is substituted at compile time. This is useful for defining environment variables that are used in your application, but that you don’t want to hard-code into your schema.

For example:

const string ApiUrl = ${API_URL};

When you compile this schema, the compiler will look for the API_URL environment variable and substitute it into the schema. If the environment variable is not set, the compiler will throw an error.

You can also use string substitution to build strings which contain environment variables. For example:

const string ApiUrl = "${BASE_API_URL}/v1";

.dev.vars

When developing locally, add environment variables by creating a .dev.vars file in the root directory of your project alongside bebop.json. Then you can populate like so:

API_URL=https://api.example.com

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