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Builder configuration

General

ParameterDefaultDescription
DATABASE_URLpostgresql://postgres:typebot@db:5432/typebotThe database URL
ENCRYPTION_SECRETSgVkYp2s5v8y/B?E(H+MbQeThWmZq4t6A 256-bit key used to encrypt sensitive data. It is strongly recommended to generate a new one. The secret should be the same between builder and viewer.
ADMIN_EMAIL--The email that will get a "Pro" plan on user creation
NEXTAUTH_URLhttp://localhost:3000The builder base URL. Should be the publicly accessible URL (i.e. https://typebot.domain.com)
NEXT_PUBLIC_VIEWER_URLhttp://localhost:3001The viewer base URL. Should be the publicly accessible URL (i.e. https://bot.domain.com)
NEXTAUTH_URL_INTERNAL--The internal builder base URL. You have to set it only when NEXTAUTH_URL isn't publicly accessible
DISABLE_SIGNUPfalseTo disable new sign ups but still be able to sign in with existing users or admin email

Email (Auth, notifications)

Used for sending email notifications and authentication

ParameterDefaultDescription
SMTP_USERNAME--SMTP username
SMTP_PASSWORD--SMTP password
SMTP_HOST--SMTP host. (i.e. smtp.host.com)
SMTP_PORT25SMTP port
NEXT_PUBLIC_SMTP_FROM-From name and email (i.e. 'Typebot Notifications' <notifications@host.com>)
SMTP_SECUREfalseIf true the connection will use TLS when connecting to server. If false (the default) then TLS is used if server supports the STARTTLS extension. In most cases set this value to true if you are connecting to port 465. For port 587 or 25 keep it false
SMTP_AUTH_DISABLEDfalseTo disable the authentication by email but still use the provided config for notifications

Google (Auth, Sheets, Fonts)

Used authentication in the builder and for the Google Sheets integration step. Make sure to set the required scopes (userinfo.email, spreadsheets, drive.readonly) in your console The Authorization callback URL should be $NEXTAUTH_URL/api/auth/callback/google

ParameterDefaultDescription
GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID--The Client ID from the Google API Console
GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET--The Client secret from the Google API Console

Used for Google Fonts (Optional):

ParameterDefaultDescription
NEXT_PUBLIC_GOOGLE_API_KEY--The API Key from the Google API Console

Configuration

https://console.developers.google.com/apis/credentials

The "Authorized redirect URIs" used when creating the credentials must include your full domain and end in the callback path. For example,

  • For production: https://{YOUR_DOMAIN}/api/auth/callback/google
  • For development: http://localhost:3000/api/auth/callback/google

GitHub (Auth)

Used for authenticating with GitHub. By default, it uses the credentials of a Typebot-dev app.

You can create your own GitHub OAuth app here. The Authorization callback URL should be $NEXTAUTH_URL/api/auth/callback/github

ParameterDefaultDescription
GITHUB_CLIENT_ID--Application client ID. Also used to check if it is enabled in the front-end
GITHUB_CLIENT_SECRET--Application secret

GitLab (Auth)

Used for authenticating with GitLab. Follow the official GitLab guide for creating OAuth2 applications here. The Authorization callback URL should be $NEXTAUTH_URL/api/auth/callback/gitlab

ParameterDefaultDescription
GITLAB_CLIENT_ID--Application client ID. Also used to check if it is enabled in the front-end
GITLAB_CLIENT_SECRET--Application secret
GITLAB_BASE_URLhttps://gitlab.comBase URL of the GitLab instance
GITLAB_REQUIRED_GROUPS--Comma-separated list of groups the user has to be a direct member of, e.g. foo,bar
GITLAB_NAMEGitLabName of the GitLab instance, used for the SSO Login Button

Facebook (Auth)

You can create your own Facebook OAuth app here. The Authorization callback URL should be $NEXTAUTH_URL/api/auth/callback/facebook

ParameterDefaultDescription
FACEBOOK_CLIENT_ID--Application client ID. Also used to check if it is enabled in the front-end
FACEBOOK_CLIENT_SECRET--Application secret

Azure AD (Auth)

If you are using Azure Active Directory for the authentication you can set the following environment variables. The Authorization callback URL should be $NEXTAUTH_URL/api/auth/callback/azure-ad

ParameterDefaultDescription
AZURE_AD_CLIENT_ID--Application client ID
AZURE_AD_CLIENT_SECRET--Application client secret. Can be obtained from Azure Portal.
AZURE_AD_TENANT_ID--Azure Tenant ID

S3 Storage (Media uploads)

Used for uploading images, videos, etc... It can be any S3 compatible object storage service (Minio, Digital Oceans Space, AWS S3...)

ParameterDefaultDescription
S3_ACCESS_KEY--S3 access key. Also used to check if upload feature is enabled
S3_SECRET_KEY--S3 secret key.
S3_BUCKETtypebotName of the bucket where assets will be uploaded in.
S3_PORT--S3 Host port number
S3_ENDPOINT--S3 endpoint (i.e. s3.domain.com).
S3_SSLtrueUse SSL when establishing the connection.
S3_REGION--S3 region.

Note that for AWS S3, your endpoint is usually: s3.<S3_REGION>.amazonaws.com

Your bucket must have the following policy that tells S3 to allow public read when an object is located under the public folder:

{
"Version": "2012-10-17",
"Statement": [
{
"Sid": "PublicRead",
"Effect": "Allow",
"Principal": "*",
"Action": "s3:GetObject",
"Resource": "arn:aws:s3:::<BUCKET_NAME>/public/*"
}
]
}

You also need to configure CORS so that an object can be uploaded from the browser:

[
{
"AllowedHeaders": ["*"],
"AllowedMethods": ["PUT", "POST"],
"AllowedOrigins": ["*"],
"ExposeHeaders": ["ETag"]
}
]

Giphy (GIF picker)

Used to search for GIF. You can create a Giphy app here

ParameterDefaultDescription
NEXT_PUBLIC_GIPHY_API_KEY--Giphy API key

Others

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The official Typebot managed service uses other services such as Stripe for processing payments, Sentry for tracking bugs and Sleekplan for user feedbacks.

The related environment variables are listed here but you are probably not interested in these if you self-host Typebot.

Stripe

ParameterDefaultDescription
NEXT_PUBLIC_STRIPE_PUBLIC_KEY--Stripe public key
STRIPE_SECRET_KEY--Stripe secret key
STRIPE_PRO_PRICE_ID--Pro plan price id
STRIPE_STARTER_PRICE_ID--Starter plan price id
STRIPE_ADDITIONAL_CHATS_PRICE_ID--Additional chats price id
STRIPE_ADDITIONAL_STORAGE_PRICE_ID--Additional storage price id
STRIPE_WEBHOOK_SECRET--Stripe Webhook secret

Sentry

ParameterDefaultDescription
NEXT_PUBLIC_SENTRY_DSN--Sentry DSN
SENTRY_AUTH_TOKEN--Used to upload sourcemaps on app build
SENTRY_PROJECT--Sentry project name
SENTRY_ORG--Sentry organization name

These can also be added to the viewer environment

Vercel (custom domains)

ParameterDefaultDescription
VERCEL_TOKEN--Vercel API token
VERCEL_VIEWER_PROJECT_NAME--The name of the viewer project in Vercel
VERCEL_TEAM_ID--Vercel team ID that contains the viewer project

Sleekplan

ParameterDefaultDescription
SLEEKPLAN_SSO_KEY--Sleekplan SSO key used to automatically authenticate a user in Sleekplan

Internal Webhooks

ParameterDefaultDescription
USER_CREATED_WEBHOOK_URL--Webhook URL called whenever a new user is created (used for importing a new SendGrid contact)

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