Configuration

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Parameters marked with * are required.

General

Parameter	Default	Description
DATABASE_URL *		The database URL
ENCRYPTION_SECRET *		A 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.
NEXTAUTH_URL *		The builder base URL. Should be the publicly accessible URL (i.e. https://typebot.domain.com)
NEXT_PUBLIC_VIEWER_URL *		The viewer base URL. Should be the publicly accessible URL (i.e. https://bot.domain.com)
ADMIN_EMAIL		The email that will get an UNLIMITED plan on user creation. The associated user will be able to bypass database rules. You can provide multiple emails separated by a comma without spaces.
NEXTAUTH_URL_INTERNAL		The internal builder base URL. You have to set it only when NEXTAUTH_URL can’t be reached by your builder container / server. For a docker deployment, you should set it to http://localhost:3000.
DEFAULT_WORKSPACE_PLAN	FREE	Default workspace plan on user creation or when a user creates a new workspace. Possible values are FREE, STARTER, PRO, LIFETIME, UNLIMITED. The default plan for admin user is UNLIMITED
DISABLE_SIGNUP	false	Disable new user sign ups. Invited users are still able to sign up.
NEXT_PUBLIC_ONBOARDING_TYPEBOT_ID		Typebot ID used for the onboarding. Onboarding page is skipped if not provided.
DEBUG	false	If enabled, the server will print valuable logs to debug config issues.
NEXT_PUBLIC_BOT_FILE_UPLOAD_MAX_SIZE		Limits the size of each file that can be uploaded in the bots (i.e. Set 10 to limit the file upload to 10MB)

Email (Auth, notifications)

Used for sending email notifications and authentication

Parameter	Default	Description
SMTP_USERNAME		SMTP username
SMTP_PASSWORD		SMTP password
SMTP_HOST		SMTP host. (i.e. smtp.host.com)
SMTP_PORT	25	SMTP port
NEXT_PUBLIC_SMTP_FROM		From name and email (i.e. 'Typebot Notifications' <[e-mail]>)
SMTP_SECURE	false	If 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_DISABLED	false	To 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.

Requirements

1. Enable the APIs you want: Google Sheets API, Google Picker API (Used for the Google Sheets integration to pick a spreadsheet), Web Fonts Developer API

2. Head over the Credentials tab: https://console.developers.google.com/apis/credentials

3. Create an API key with access to the Google Picker API and Web Fonts Developer API (optionnal). This will be your NEXT_PUBLIC_GOOGLE_API_KEY

4. Create a OAuth client ID. This will be your GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID and GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET

   Make sure to set the required scopes (userinfo.email, spreadsheets, drive.file) in your console

   The “Authorized redirect URIs” used when creating the credentials must include your full domain and end in the callback path:

   • For production:
     • https://<YOUR_DOMAIN>/api/auth/callback/google
     • https://<YOUR_DOMAIN>/api/credentials/google-sheets/callback
   • For development:
     • http://localhost:3000/api/auth/callback/google
     • http://localhost:3000/api/credentials/google-sheets/callback

5. To avoid having to always reconnect a Google Sheets credentials every 7 days, you need to promote your OAuth client to production (https://developers.google.com/nest/device-access/reference/errors/authorization#refresh_token_keeps_expiring)

Parameter	Default	Description
GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID		The Client ID from the Google API Console
GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET		The Client secret from the Google API Console
NEXT_PUBLIC_GOOGLE_API_KEY		The API Key from the Google API Console

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

Parameter	Default	Description
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

Parameter	Default	Description
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_URL	https://gitlab.com	Base 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_NAME	GitLab	Name 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

Parameter	Default	Description
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

Parameter	Default	Description
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

Custom OAuth Provider (Auth)

Parameter	Default	Description
CUSTOM_OAUTH_NAME	Custom OAuth	Provider name. Will be displayed in the sign in form.
CUSTOM_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID		OAuth client ID.
CUSTOM_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET		OAuth client secret.
CUSTOM_OAUTH_WELL_KNOWN_URL		OAuth .well-known URL (i.e. https://auth.domain.com/.well-known/openid-configuration)
CUSTOM_OAUTH_USER_ID_PATH	id	Used to map the id from the user info object
CUSTOM_OAUTH_USER_NAME_PATH	name	Used to map the name from the user info object
CUSTOM_OAUTH_USER_EMAIL_PATH	email	Used to map the email from the user info object
CUSTOM_OAUTH_USER_IMAGE_PATH	image	Used to map the image from the user info object
CUSTOM_OAUTH_SCOPE	openid profile email	OAuth scope

For *_PATH parameters, you can use dot notation to access nested properties (i.e. account.name).

The Authorization callback URL should be: $NEXTAUTH_URL/api/auth/callback/custom-oauth

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…)

Parameter	Default	Description
S3_ACCESS_KEY		S3 access key. Also used to check if upload feature is enabled
S3_SECRET_KEY		S3 secret key.
S3_BUCKET	typebot	Name 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_SSL	true	Use SSL when establishing the connection.
S3_REGION		S3 region.
S3_PUBLIC_CUSTOM_DOMAIN		If the final URL that is used to read public files is different from S3_ENDPOINT

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

In order to function properly, your S3 bucket must be configured. Make sure to read through the S3 configuration doc.

Giphy (GIF picker)

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

Parameter	Default	Description
NEXT_PUBLIC_GIPHY_API_KEY		Giphy API key

Unsplash (image picker)

Used to search for images. You can create an Unsplash app here

Parameter	Default	Description
NEXT_PUBLIC_UNSPLASH_APP_NAME		Unsplash App name
NEXT_PUBLIC_UNSPLASH_ACCESS_KEY		Unsplash API key

Tolgee (i18n contribution dev tool)

If you’d like to join contribute to Typebot’s translation join the Discord server and ask for an access to Tolgee in the #contributors channel.

Set up these environment variables to enable Tolgee dev tool.

Parameter	Default	Description
NEXT_PUBLIC_TOLGEE_API_KEY		Your Tolgee API key
NEXT_PUBLIC_TOLGEE_API_URL	https://tolgee.server.baptistearno.com	The Tolgee API base URL

WhatsApp (Preview)

In order to be able to test your bot on WhatsApp from the Preview drawer, you need to set up a WhatsApp business app.

Requirements

1. Create a WhatsApp Meta app

2. Get the System User token

1. Go to your System users page and create a new system user that has access to the related.

• Token expiration: Never
• Available Permissions: whatsapp_business_messaging, whatsapp_business_management

2. The generated token will be used as META_SYSTEM_USER_TOKEN in your viewer configuration.
3. Click on Add assets. Under Apps, look for your app, select it and check Manage app

3. Get the phone number ID

1. Go to your WhatsApp Dev Console

2. Add your phone number by clicking on the Add phone number button.

3. Select the newly created phone number in the From dropdown list and you will see right below the associated Phone number ID This will be used as WHATSAPP_PREVIEW_FROM_PHONE_NUMBER_ID in your viewer configuration.

4. Set up the webhook

1. Head over to Quickstart > Configuration. Edit the webhook URL to $NEXTAUTH_URL/api/v1/whatsapp/preview/webhook. Set the Verify token to $ENCRYPTION_SECRET and click on Verify and save.
2. Add the messages webhook field.

5. Set up the message template

1. Head over to Messaging > Message Templates and click on Create Template
2. Select the Utility category
3. Give it a name that corresponds to your WHATSAPP_PREVIEW_TEMPLATE_NAME configuration.
4. Select the language that corresponds to your WHATSAPP_PREVIEW_TEMPLATE_LANG configuration.
5. You can format it as you’d like. The user will just have to send a message to start the preview.

Parameter	Default	Description
META_SYSTEM_USER_TOKEN		The system user token used to send WhatsApp messages
WHATSAPP_PREVIEW_FROM_PHONE_NUMBER_ID		The phone number ID from which the message will be sent
WHATSAPP_PREVIEW_TEMPLATE_NAME		The preview start template message name
WHATSAPP_PREVIEW_TEMPLATE_LANG	en_US	The preview start template message name
WHATSAPP_CLOUD_API_URL	https://graph.facebook.com	The WhatsApp Cloud API base URL

Others

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

Parameter	Default	Description
NEXT_PUBLIC_STRIPE_PUBLIC_KEY		Stripe public key
STRIPE_SECRET_KEY		Stripe secret key
STRIPE_STARTER_PRICE_ID		Starter plan price id
STRIPE_PRO_PRICE_ID		Pro monthly plan price id
STRIPE_STARTER_CHATS_PRICE_ID		Starter Additional chats monthly price id
STRIPE_PRO_CHATS_PRICE_ID		Pro Additional chats monthly price id
STRIPE_WEBHOOK_SECRET		Stripe Webhook secret

Sentry

Parameter	Default	Description
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

Vercel (custom domains)

Parameter	Default	Description
VERCEL_TOKEN		Vercel API token
NEXT_PUBLIC_VERCEL_VIEWER_PROJECT_NAME		The name of the viewer project in Vercel
VERCEL_TEAM_ID		Vercel team ID that contains the viewer project

Sleekplan

Parameter	Default	Description
SLEEKPLAN_SSO_KEY		Sleekplan SSO key used to automatically authenticate a user in Sleekplan

Telemetry

Parameter	Default	Description
MESSAGE_WEBHOOK_URL		Webhook URL called to receive important system messages
USER_CREATED_WEBHOOK_URL		Webhook URL called whenever a new user is created

PostHog

Parameter	Default	Description
NEXT_PUBLIC_POSTHOG_KEY		PostHog API Key
NEXT_PUBLIC_POSTHOG_HOST	https://app.posthog.com	PostHog API Host

System labels

Parameter	Default	Description
NEXT_PUBLIC_VIEWER_404_TITLE	404
NEXT_PUBLIC_VIEWER_404_SUBTITLE	The bot you’re looking for doesn’t exist