Ideogram Multi-Environment Setup

Overview

Configure Ideogram API access across development, staging, and production with isolated API keys, environment-specific model/speed settings, and proper secret management. Each environment gets its own key and configuration to prevent cross-environment issues.

Environment Strategy

.env.local

Instructions

Step 1: Configuration Structure

// config/ideogram.ts
type Environment = "development" | "staging" | "production";

interface IdeogramConfig {
  apiKey: string;
  defaultModel: string;
  renderingSpeed: string;
  timeout: number;
  maxRetries: number;
  concurrency: number;
  cache: { enabled: boolean; ttlSeconds: number };
  debug: boolean;
}

const configs: Record<Environment, Omit<IdeogramConfig, "apiKey">> = {
  development: {
    defaultModel: "V_2_TURBO",
    renderingSpeed: "TURBO",
    timeout: 30000,
    maxRetries: 1,
    concurrency: 2,
    cache: { enabled: false, ttlSeconds: 60 },
    debug: true,
  },
  staging: {
    defaultModel: "V_2",
    renderingSpeed: "DEFAULT",
    timeout: 60000,
    maxRetries: 3,
    concurrency: 5,
    cache: { enabled: true, ttlSeconds: 300 },
    debug: false,
  },
  production: {
    defaultModel: "V_2",
    renderingSpeed: "DEFAULT",
    timeout: 60000,
    maxRetries: 5,
    concurrency: 8,
    cache: { enabled: true, ttlSeconds: 600 },
    debug: false,
  },
};

export function getIdeogramConfig(): IdeogramConfig {
  const env = detectEnvironment();
  const apiKey = getApiKeyForEnv(env);

  if (!apiKey) {
    throw new Error(`IDEOGRAM_API_KEY not set for environment: ${env}`);
  }

  return { ...configs[env], apiKey };
}

function detectEnvironment(): Environment {
  const env = process.env.NODE_ENV || "development";
  if (env === "production") return "production";
  if (env === "staging" || process.env.VERCEL_ENV === "preview") return "staging";
  return "development";
}

function getApiKeyForEnv(env: Environment): string {
  const envVar = {
    development: "IDEOGRAM_API_KEY_DEV",
    staging: "IDEOGRAM_API_KEY_STAGING",
    production: "IDEOGRAM_API_KEY",
  }[env];

  return process.env[envVar] || process.env.IDEOGRAM_API_KEY || "";
}

Step 2: Environment Files

# .env.local (development -- git-ignored)
IDEOGRAM_API_KEY_DEV=your-dev-key
NODE_ENV=development

# .env.staging (CI only)
IDEOGRAM_API_KEY_STAGING=your-staging-key
NODE_ENV=staging

# Production: use secret manager, never .env files

Step 3: Secret Management by Platform

set -euo pipefail
# --- GitHub Actions ---
gh secret set IDEOGRAM_API_KEY_STAGING --env staging
gh secret set IDEOGRAM_API_KEY --env production

# --- AWS Secrets Manager ---
aws secretsmanager create-secret \
  --name ideogram/staging/api-key \
  --secret-string "your-staging-key"

aws secretsmanager create-secret \
  --name ideogram/production/api-key \
  --secret-string "your-production-key"

# --- GCP Secret Manager ---
echo -n "your-staging-key" | gcloud secrets create ideogram-api-key-staging --data-file=-
echo -n "your-production-key" | gcloud secrets create ideogram-api-key-prod --data-file=-

Step 4: GitHub Actions with Environment Secrets

# .github/workflows/deploy.yml
jobs:
  deploy-staging:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    environment: staging
    env:
      IDEOGRAM_API_KEY_STAGING: ${{ secrets.IDEOGRAM_API_KEY_STAGING }}
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - run: npm ci && npm run build
      - run: npm run deploy:staging

  deploy-production:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    environment: production
    needs: deploy-staging
    env:
      IDEOGRAM_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.IDEOGRAM_API_KEY }}
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - run: npm ci && npm run build
      - run: npm run deploy:production

Step 5: Startup Validation

import { z } from "zod";

const configSchema = z.object({
  apiKey: z.string().min(10, "API key too short"),
  defaultModel: z.enum(["V_1", "V_1_TURBO", "V_2", "V_2_TURBO", "V_2A", "V_2A_TURBO"]),
  timeout: z.number().min(5000).max(120000),
  concurrency: z.number().min(1).max(10),
});

// Validate at application startup
try {
  const config = configSchema.parse(getIdeogramConfig());
  console.log(`Ideogram configured for ${detectEnvironment()} (model: ${config.defaultModel})`);
} catch (err: any) {
  console.error("Ideogram config invalid:", err.message);
  process.exit(1);
}

Error Handling

NODE_ENV

Output

• Environment-aware configuration with separate API keys
• Secret management for GitHub Actions, AWS, and GCP
• Startup validation preventing misconfiguration
• CI/CD pipeline with environment gates

Resources

• Ideogram API Setup
• GitHub Environments

Next Steps

For deployment patterns, see

ideogram-deploy-integration