holden•2w ago

Clerk/Convex setup issue

I have a NextJS app using both Convex + Clerk, and I'm now following the docs here to get Clerk/Convex to work together: https://docs.convex.dev/auth/clerk#nextjs I've set NEXT_PUBLIC_CLERK_FRONTEND_API_URL in my .env.local file, but getting this error when I run npx convex dev:

✖ Environment variable NEXT_PUBLIC_CLERK_FRONTEND_API_URL is used in auth config file but its value was not set.
Go to:

    https://dashboard.convex.dev/d/adjoining-pika-609/settings/environment-variables?var=NEXT_PUBLIC_CLERK_FRONTEND_API_URL

  to set it up.

✖ Environment variable NEXT_PUBLIC_CLERK_FRONTEND_API_URL is used in auth config file but its value was not set.
Go to:

    https://dashboard.convex.dev/d/adjoining-pika-609/settings/environment-variables?var=NEXT_PUBLIC_CLERK_FRONTEND_API_URL

  to set it up.

It works if I set that env var in my Convex dev env, but seems odd to put a NEXT_PUBLIC var there? Wondering if the docs might be outdated?

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Convex Bot•2w ago

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erquhart•2w ago

Your .env.local is read by the cli to access your project, but it isn't read in by your Convex deployment. You'll need to set env vars for your deployment in the dashboard or via cli:

npx convex env set NEXT_PUBLIC_CLERK_FRONTEND_API_URL=my.value

npx convex env set NEXT_PUBLIC_CLERK_FRONTEND_API_URL=my.value

Clerk/Convex setup issue

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