You cannot set the value of an environment variable to something that is not a string
# THIS DOES NOT WORK
ENV["SKIP_AUTH"] = true
=> `[]=': no implicit conversion of true into String (TypeError)
You can, however, pass an object that implements #to_str
class User < ApplicationRecord
def to_str
to_global_id.to_s
end
end
ENV["user"] = User.first
ENV["user"]
=> "gid://rails-app/User/3f565b9c-0899-49f6-ab20-aa2724235ff5"
Be careful when stubbing ENV in specs:
# ENV could never return a boolean, your tests will lie to you.
RSpec.describe "ENV" do
before do
stub_const("ENV", {"SKIP_AUTH" => true})
end
end