[FIXED] How to set JAVA environment variable in VS Code

Issue

I have a spring-boot project and my IDE is VS code. I want to pass an environment variable to my applications. Right now I set it before the Gradle command

export PROJECT_NAME=test

./gradlew bootrun

PROJECT_NAME is my env variable and I access this in application.properties

what is the recommended approach to set environment variables in VS code for java

Solution

In order to set environment variable for Spring boot application in VSCode, the recommended way is to create a launch.json file in .vscode folder of your project, then add the "env" section like the example below:

{
  "configurations": [
    {
      "type": "java",
      "name": "Spring Boot-DemoApplication<demo>",
      "request": "launch",
      "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
      "console": "internalConsole",
      "mainClass": "com.example.demo.DemoApplication",
      "projectName": "demo",
      "args": "",
      "env": {
        "PROJECT_NAME": "FOO_PROJECT"
      }
    }
  ]
}

Answered By - MinhTC

Answer Checked By - Mildred Charles (PHPFixing Admin)