I'm working through a course and need help adapting the following code for my Astro project configuration.

The original code I'm trying to replicate is:

// @ts-check
import { defineConfig, envField } from 'astro/config';
import tailwind from '@astrojs/tailwind'; // /config

export default defineConfig({
  integrations: [tailwind()],
  env: {
    schema: {
      SHOW_BUY_BUTTON: envField.boolean({ context: 'server', access: 'public' }),
    },
  },
});

However, I have this configuration in my project:

// @ts-check
import { defineConfig } from 'astro/config';
import tailwindcss from '@tailwindcss/vite'; // /config

export default defineConfig({
  vite: {
    plugins: [tailwindcss()],
  },
});

I need to include the environment variable configuration (env: { schema: { SHOW_BUY_BUTTON: envField.boolean({ context: 'server', access: 'public' }) } }) in my setup, but I can't figure out how to do this in my current config.

Can anyone help me modify my configuration to add the environment variable as shown in the original code?

I'm working through a course and need help adapting the following code for my Astro project configuration.

The original code I'm trying to replicate is:

// @ts-check
import { defineConfig, envField } from 'astro/config';
import tailwind from '@astrojs/tailwind'; // https://astro.build/config

export default defineConfig({
  integrations: [tailwind()],
  env: {
    schema: {
      SHOW_BUY_BUTTON: envField.boolean({ context: 'server', access: 'public' }),
    },
  },
});

However, I have this configuration in my project:

// @ts-check
import { defineConfig } from 'astro/config';
import tailwindcss from '@tailwindcss/vite'; // https://astro.build/config

export default defineConfig({
  vite: {
    plugins: [tailwindcss()],
  },
});

I need to include the environment variable configuration (env: { schema: { SHOW_BUY_BUTTON: envField.boolean({ context: 'server', access: 'public' }) } }) in my setup, but I can't figure out how to do this in my current config.

Can anyone help me modify my configuration to add the environment variable as shown in the original code?

• environment-variables
• tailwind-css
• astrojs
• tailwind-css-4

1 Answer 1

The difference between the two codes is the way TailwindCSS is imported. Up until TailwindCSS v3, it didn't have a direct Vite plugin, and it could only be connected to Astro.js through PostCSS. Starting from v4, TailwindCSS has official Vite plugin support.

This only affects your Astro.js configuration in the sense that you no longer need to use the connector integration provided by Astro.js. Instead, there is a native Vite plugin that you can declare under the vite.plugins key instead of integrations key.

Now, in order to achieve your goal, you need to merge the appropriate keys from both configurations. From the first configuration, keep the env (since you need it); and from the second configuration, keep the Vite plugins (this replaces the integrations). Like this:

// @ts-check
import { defineConfig } from 'astro/config';
import tailwindcss from '@tailwindcss/vite'; // https://astro.build/config

export default defineConfig({
  vite: {
    plugins: [tailwindcss()],
  },
  env: {
    schema: {
      SHOW_BUY_BUTTON: envField.boolean({ context: 'server', access: 'public' }),
    },
  },
});