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# With universal runtime configuration
## How to use
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### Using `create-next-app`
Download [`create-next-app` ](https://github.com/segmentio/create-next-app ) to bootstrap the example:
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```bash
npx create-next-app --example with-universal-configuration-runtime with-universal-configuration-runtime-app
# or
yarn create next-app --example with-universal-configuration-runtime with-universal-configuration-runtime-app
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```
### Download manually
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Download the example [or clone the repo ](https://github.com/zeit/next.js ):
```bash
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curl https://codeload.github.com/zeit/next.js/tar.gz/canary | tar -xz --strip=2 next.js-canary/examples/with-universal-configuration-runtime
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cd with-universal-configuration-runtime
```
Install it and run:
```bash
npm install
API_URL='https://example.com' npm run dev
```
Deploy it to the cloud with [now ](https://zeit.co/now ) ([download](https://zeit.co/download))
```bash
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```
## The idea behind the example
This example show how to set custom environment variables for your application at runtime