You can use environment variables in Storybook to change its behaviour in different “modes”.
If you supply an environment variable prefixed with STORYBOOK_, it will be available in process.env:
Then we can access these environment variables anywhere inside our preview JavaScript code like below:
You can also access these variables in your custom <head>/<body> using the substitution %STORYBOOK_X%, for example: %STORYBOOK_THEME% will become red.
If using the environment variables as attributes or values in JavaScript, you may need to add quotes, as the value will be inserted directly. e.g. <link rel="stylesheet" href="%STORYBOOK_STYLE_URL%" />
Using .env files
You can also use .env files to change Storybook's behavior in different modes. For example, if you add a .env file to your project with the following:
Then you can access this environment variable anywhere, even within your stories:
.env.development or .env.production to apply different values to your environment variables.You can also pass these environment variables when you are building your Storybook with build-storybook.
Then they'll be hard coded to the static version of your Storybook.
Using environment variables to choose the browser
Storybook allows you to choose the browser you want to preview your stories. Either through an .env file entry or directly in your storybook script.
The table below lists the available options:
| Browser | Example |
|---|---|
| Safari | BROWSER="safari" |
| Firefox | BROWSER="firefox" |
| Chromium | BROWSER="chromium" |
