How To Run A Connector Function in Multiple Environments
  • 06 Dec 2023
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How To Run A Connector Function in Multiple Environments


Article Summary

Understand how to create test production, testing and development environments for Connectors.

In this article, you will learn:

  • How to automatically map Connector Function to test and development environments

How To Run A Connector Function in Multiple Environments

When you are testing your connector functions in "Development" mode of an app, you may not want to make updates to your production database or another source of truth.

For example, let's say you are using the Tulip Player on your computer to test a Trigger that runs a connector function with a POST request. You may not want to be adding test data to your production database.

Instead, you may want to run the connector function with a test database. You can use "Environments" in Tulip to accomplish this.

Environments allow you to run the same connector functions on different databases/services, depending on the status of the app.

In other words, when you run an app in development mode, a connector function will automatically run on your testing or development environment.

To enable multiple connector environments on your account, navigate to the Connectors tab via the Account Settings page of your Instance. Toggle the switch under "Allow Selection of Connector Environment in Developer Mode".

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Setting Up Multiple Environments

After you create a new SQL or HTTP Connector, you will see a screen like this.

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By default, "1 connection" will be selected, which means that connector functions in all app versions will connect with the same server.

But, if you want to run Connector Functions in multiple environments, select "2 connections". You will now have the opportunity to add details about 2 separate servers.

How Environments are Used

Based on the place where in application is run, and the state of that application, different environments will be used.

Within Developer Mode, the environment can be overwritten (see details here), but within Tulip Player, the environment used will be entirely drive by the phase in the app lifecycle.

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