Gitlab-CI environment variable from Python script to pipeline

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How I can get the gitlab-ci environment variable VERSION value from the python script - get_version.py for a gitlab-runners which will work on both OS windows and linux? I need some universal solution so that it works on both OS.

Here is my .gitlab-ci.yml :

stages:
  - versioning

variables:
  VERSION: ""

versioning:
  stage: versioning
  script:
  - echo "[versioning] ..."
  - python ./ci-cd_scripts/get_version.py
  - echo $VERSION

Here is my ./ci-cd_scripts/get_version.py :

import os

refName = os.environ.get("CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME")
piplineID = os.environ.get("CI_PIPELINE_ID")
relVersion = refName + ".0." + piplineID

version = relVersion.replace("rel.", "")
print("current version is", version)

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– Nicolas Pepinster, Commented Apr 29, 2020 at 9:25

paul · Accepted Answer · 2021-02-11 16:39:55Z

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what I found that works is to save it to a temp file.

import os

refName = os.environ.get("CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME")
piplineID = os.environ.get("CI_PIPELINE_ID")
relVersion = refName + ".0." + piplineID

version = relVersion.replace("rel.", "")
print("current version is", version)
with open('.env', 'w') as writer:
     writer.write(f'export VERSION="{version}"')

and then in the pipeline you just export the variable using the .env file

script:
  - ./ci-cd_scripts/get_version.py
  - source .env
  - echo $VERSION

answered Feb 11, 2021 at 16:39

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Nicolas Pepinster · Accepted Answer · 2020-04-29 09:23:08Z

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Modify your get_version.py python script to have :

#!/usr/bin/python3

print("export VERSION='{}'".format(value))

and then in your pipeline :

script:
  - eval `python ./ci-cd_scripts/get_version.py`
  - echo $VERSION

answered Apr 29, 2020 at 9:23

Nicolas Pepinster

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Denis Mozhaev Over a year ago

But this solution will not work on Windows runner, because "eval" command not supported in CMD or Powershell. I need a universal solution so that it works for runners on both OS Windows and Linux

Amir Dadkhah · Accepted Answer · 2020-04-29 09:25:35Z

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It is not normally possible

You can set and modify environment variables using os.environ inside Python scripts but as the scripts is finished, everything goes back to the previous value.

It would be helpful to read these posts on StackOverflow :

Why can't environmental variables set in python persist?
How do I make environment variable changes stick in Python?
Environment Variables in Python on Linux

edited Apr 29, 2020 at 9:25

answered Apr 29, 2020 at 9:19

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