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How to Use Feature X

Hi everyone,

I'm trying to get Feature X working, but I'm a bit stuck. Can anyone provide a step-by-step guide or some tips on how to properly configure and use it? I've read the documentation, but I'm still not sure about the best practices.

Specifically, I'm having trouble with:

  • Step 3 in the setup process
  • Understanding the parameters for `configure_setting()`

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Hey Alex!

Feature X can be a bit tricky at first. Here's a breakdown that might help:

Step 3: Configuration

Make sure you have the correct API key set in your environment variables. You can usually do this by adding:

export FEATUREX_API_KEY='your_actual_api_key'

to your shell profile (like .bashrc or .zshrc) and then restarting your terminal or running source ~/.bashrc.

configure_setting() Parameters

The main parameters are:

  • setting_name (string): The name of the setting you want to modify.
  • value (any): The desired value for the setting.
  • scope (optional, string, default: 'global'): Can be 'user' or 'global'.

For example, to set a user-specific timeout:

featurex.configure_setting('timeout', 60, scope='user')

Hope this clarifies things!

Adding to Sarah's point, for Step 3, sometimes the environment variable name is case-sensitive depending on your OS. Double-check that it's exactly FEATUREX_API_KEY.

Also, if you're running it in a Docker container, you'll need to pass that environment variable during the container build or run command.

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