Edit environmental variable with ROS2 python launch file

asked 2021-12-01 04:14:31 -0500

fnax8902
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Hello, I want to edit a environmental variable using my ros2 python launch file. I launch mutiple nodes so setting it once is not an option, as the variable will have to change for each node. Is it possible to set in in the Node description?

test = Node(
        package="test",
        executable="test",
        namespace=namespace,
        name="test_node",
        output="screen",
        emulate_tty=True,
        parameters=[params],
    )

return LaunchDescription([
    test
])

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answered 2023-01-09 03:35:33 -0500

lucasrj4
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updated 2023-01-16 04:56:01 -0500

it can be done by using additional_envex. from github https://github.com/ros2/launch/blob/r...

    .. doctest::
        >>> ld = LaunchDescription([
        ...     ExecuteProcess(
        ...         cmd=['my_cmd'],
        ...         additional_env={'env_variable': 'env_var_value'},
        ...     ),
        ... ])
    .. code-block:: xml
        <launch>
            <executable cmd="my_cmd">
                <env name="env_variable" value="env_var_value"/>
            </executable>
        </launch>
"""

is look to be posibale in xml luanchfiles cant fine a way in python

https://design.ros2.org/articles/rosl...

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answered 2021-12-01 04:27:50 -0500

fnax8902
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Okay, I found the solution:

from launch.actions import SetEnvironmentVariable

return LaunchDescription([
    SetEnvironmentVariable(name='TEST', value='whatever'),
    Node(
        package="test",
        executable="test",
        namespace=namespace,
        name="test_node",
        output="screen",
        emulate_tty=True,
    )
])

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Nevermind, It doesn't set the environmental variable for the specific node. All nodes will have the value of the last launch description called

fnax8902 ( 2021-12-01 05:08:43 -0500 )edit

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Seems like a correct solution to me, I tried it out. Run print(os.environ.get("TEST")) in your test_node, it prints 'whatever', remove the SetEnvironmentVariable, run again and it should print None. What's your issue?

tnajjar ( 2022-01-10 16:27:10 -0500 )edit

it might work with nested LaunchDestriptions

lucasrj4 ( 2023-01-09 05:44:58 -0500 )edit

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