How to read Cloud Foundry VCAP variables directly in UI5 MTA?

[Shilpakrishna]

Hello,

Is it possible to read Cloud Foundry VCAP variables in UI5 MTA application directly? (Not via NodeJS service). Is yes, then how?

Thanks

[mariusobert · Accepted solution]

Hi Shilpa,

I'm afraid it's not possible. However, it is possible to leverage the Destination and Connectivity service via the app router (in case you're looking for a feature like this).

[Shilpakrishna · Accepted solution]

Hi Marius,

Ok, I think User Provided Service also cannot be read in UI5 MTA. right? Is there a way to access configurable parameters( not URLs) in UI5 MTA(built in feature , not custom DB tables)?

Thank you.

[mariusobert · Accepted solution]

Hi Shilpa,

You cannot read UPS either. Why would you like to access services from the UI5 module? Maybe there's a better way to achieve the same result.

[Shilpakrishna · Accepted solution]

Hi Marius,

I want to maintain global config parameters(key-value pair kinds) like admin email-id or send email=true/false which can be modified on the fly without deployment on respective environment. Ui5 reads this for application logic which is used across various applications on CloudFoundry. I assumed something like UPS would help.

What other approach(other than DB) would you propose?

Thank you.

[mariusobert · Accepted solution]

I'd also go for UPS in this case. I assume you have a "backend" for the UI5 app, so you could bind the USP to your backend and request the info from there.