ahylianhuman•3mo ago

Non-interactive `convex dev` not working

Is there a way to configure convex dev without a prompt? Using convex dev --configure new --project <app-name> --dev-deployment local still gives a prompt. This is very unexpected since all of the details needed to set up a local Convex instance is already provided, and the --help docs seem to imply that --configure is non-interactive when using additional flags ("... interactively or set by ...", emphasis mine).

9 Replies

Convex Bot•3mo ago

Thanks for posting in <#1088161997662724167>. Reminder: If you have a Convex Pro account, use the Convex Dashboard to file support tickets. - Provide context: What are you trying to achieve, what is the end-user interaction, what are you seeing? (full error message, command output, etc.) - Use search.convex.dev to search Docs, Stack, and Discord all at once. - Additionally, you can post your questions in the Convex Community's <#1228095053885476985> channel to receive a response from AI. - Avoid tagging staff unless specifically instructed. Thank you!

erquhart•2mo ago

If you add the --team <team-name> flag it runs non-interactively

ahylianhumanOP•2mo ago

This does not work, I still get a prompt asking questions that are already answered by the CLI arguments.

erquhart•2mo ago

convex dev --configure new --project test --dev-deployment local --team erquhart
✔ Created project test-10362, manage it at https://dashboard.convex.dev/t/erquhart/test-10362
Your account now has 0 projects remaining.
You're trying out the beta local deployment feature!
To learn more, read the docs: https://docs.convex.dev/cli/local-deployments
To opt out at any time, run `npx convex disable-local-deployments`
✔ Downloaded Convex backend binary
✔ Started running a deployment locally at http://127.0.0.1:3210 and saved its:
    name as CONVEX_DEPLOYMENT to .env.local
    URL as CONVEX_URL to .env.local
  Added ".env.local" to .gitignore

Write your Convex functions in convex/
Give us feedback at https://convex.dev/community or support@convex.dev
View the Convex dashboard at https://dashboard.convex.dev/d/local-erquhart-test_10362

✖ In order to push, add `convex` to your package.json dependencies.

convex dev --configure new --project test --dev-deployment local --team erquhart
✔ Created project test-10362, manage it at https://dashboard.convex.dev/t/erquhart/test-10362
Your account now has 0 projects remaining.
You're trying out the beta local deployment feature!
To learn more, read the docs: https://docs.convex.dev/cli/local-deployments
To opt out at any time, run `npx convex disable-local-deployments`
✔ Downloaded Convex backend binary
✔ Started running a deployment locally at http://127.0.0.1:3210 and saved its:
    name as CONVEX_DEPLOYMENT to .env.local
    URL as CONVEX_URL to .env.local
  Added ".env.local" to .gitignore

Write your Convex functions in convex/
Give us feedback at https://convex.dev/community or support@convex.dev
View the Convex dashboard at https://dashboard.convex.dev/d/local-erquhart-test_10362

✖ In order to push, add `convex` to your package.json dependencies.

If you have Convex already installed:

❯ convex dev --configure new --project test --dev-deployment local --team erquhart
✔ Created project test-b98ab, manage it at https://dashboard.convex.dev/t/erquhart/test-b98ab
Your account now has 0 projects remaining.
You're trying out the beta local deployment feature!
To learn more, read the docs: https://docs.convex.dev/cli/local-deployments
To opt out at any time, run `npx convex disable-local-deployments`
✔ Started running a deployment locally at http://127.0.0.1:3210 and saved its:
    name as CONVEX_DEPLOYMENT to .env.local
    URL as CONVEX_URL to .env.local
  Added ".env.local" to .gitignore

Write your Convex functions in convex/
Give us feedback at https://convex.dev/community or support@convex.dev
View the Convex dashboard at https://dashboard.convex.dev/d/local-erquhart-test_b98ab

✔ 10:42:30 Convex functions ready! (243ms)

❯ convex dev --configure new --project test --dev-deployment local --team erquhart
✔ Created project test-b98ab, manage it at https://dashboard.convex.dev/t/erquhart/test-b98ab
Your account now has 0 projects remaining.
You're trying out the beta local deployment feature!
To learn more, read the docs: https://docs.convex.dev/cli/local-deployments
To opt out at any time, run `npx convex disable-local-deployments`
✔ Started running a deployment locally at http://127.0.0.1:3210 and saved its:
    name as CONVEX_DEPLOYMENT to .env.local
    URL as CONVEX_URL to .env.local
  Added ".env.local" to .gitignore

Write your Convex functions in convex/
Give us feedback at https://convex.dev/community or support@convex.dev
View the Convex dashboard at https://dashboard.convex.dev/d/local-erquhart-test_b98ab

✔ 10:42:30 Convex functions ready! (243ms)

no prompts

ahylianhumanOP•2mo ago

Created project test-10362, manage it at https://dashboard.convex.dev/t/erquhart/test-10362

This seems like you've already logged into Convex, is that a prerequisite just to use local development non-interactively? When I run that exact command, I immediately get the prompt asking me if I want to start without an account or login, even though the CLI should already know the answer based on the options I pass in.

Convex Dashboard

Manage your Convex apps

erquhart•2mo ago

Ah yeah - if you're not authenticated it can't do anything, so interaction is required. But once you authenticate once on your system, you're good. Don't have to do it per project.

ahylianhumanOP•2mo ago

But it shouldn't require authentication. If I select the local option, it runs fine, but there's no way to set that up non-interactively.

erquhart•2mo ago

Aaahh I see what you're saying - yeah, it would probably make sense for --dev-deployment local to have that effect

Barrel Of Lube•3w ago

+ 1, is there any way to bypass inteaction for local deployments it works fine with cloud deployments if u add the deployment key

Non-interactive `convex dev` not working

Did you find this page helpful?