# Use custom resources Export value in function environment variables

**URL:** https://forum.serverless.com/t/use-custom-resources-export-value-in-function-environment-variables/5138
**Category:** Serverless Framework
**Created:** [July 18, 2018, 6:15pm UTC](https://forum.serverless.com/t/use-custom-resources-export-value-in-function-environment-variables/5138 "2018-07-18T18:15:31Z")
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### Author: ![kevinrambaud](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.serverless.com/kevinrambaud/32/2192_2.png) [@kevinrambaud](https://forum.serverless.com/u/kevinrambaud)
#### Post date: [July 18, 2018, 6:15pm UTC](https://forum.serverless.com/t/use-custom-resources-export-value-in-function-environment-variables/5138/1 "2018-07-18T18:15:31Z")

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Hi! I’m trying to deploy a function that depends on the custom resources I specified. I would like to set the output value of some resources to environment variable at the function level. Unfortunately, it fails because the Lambda function seems to be deployed first and the output values are not yet exported. Is it a use case that serverless can handle?

To give some context, the “Queue” is really related to the service, this is why I’d like to create it with this service and avoid to add a separate step to create first the queue then deploy the service.

An example below

serverless.yml

```
functions:
  consumer:
    environment:
      QUEUE_URL:
        'Fn::ImportValue': QueueUrl-${self:provider.stage}
    handler: handler.consume
    events:
      - sqs:
          arn: somevalidarn
          batchSize: 1

resources:
  - ${file(cloudformation/queue.yml)}

```

cloudformation/queue.yml

```
Resources:
  Queue:
    Type: AWS::SQS::Queue
    Properties:
      QueueName: ${self:provider.stage}-queue
      RedrivePolicy:
        deadLetterTargetArn:
          Fn::GetAtt:
            - "DeadLetterQueue"
            - "Arn"
        maxReceiveCount: 5
  DeadLetterQueue:
    Type: AWS::SQS::Queue
    Properties:
      QueueName: ${self:provider.stage}-deadletter-queue
Outputs:
  QueueUrl:
    Description: "URL of the queue"
    Value:
      Ref: Queue
    Export:
      Name: QueueUrl-${self:provider.stage}
  QueueArn:
    Description: "ARN of the queue"
    Value:
      Fn::GetAtt:
        - "Queue"
        - "Arn"
    Export:
      Name: QueueArn-${self:provider.stage}
  DeadLetterQueueUrl:
    Description: "Url of the dead letter queue"
    Value:
      Ref: DeadLetterQueue
    Export:
      Name: DeadLetterQueueUrl-${self:provider.stage}
  DeadLetterQueueArn:
    Description: "ARN of the dead letter queue"
    Value:
      Fn::GetAtt:
        - "DeadLetterQueue"
        - "Arn"
    Export:
      Name: DeadLetterQueueArn-${self:provider.stage}
```

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### Author: ![kevinrambaud](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.serverless.com/kevinrambaud/32/2192_2.png) [@kevinrambaud](https://forum.serverless.com/u/kevinrambaud)
#### Post date: [July 18, 2018, 6:56pm UTC](https://forum.serverless.com/t/use-custom-resources-export-value-in-function-environment-variables/5138/2 "2018-07-18T18:56:35Z")

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Oops, I found out that I could just do that directly in the serverless config file

```
functions:
  consumer:
    environment:
      QUEUE_ARN:
        Fn::GetAtt:
          - "Queue"
          - "Arn"
      QUEUE_URL:
        Ref: Queue
```

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### Author: ![sjatkins](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.serverless.com/sjatkins/32/3796_2.png) [@sjatkins](https://forum.serverless.com/u/sjatkins)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2019, 7:55pm UTC](https://forum.serverless.com/t/use-custom-resources-export-value-in-function-environment-variables/5138/3 "2019-10-09T19:55:26Z")

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Nice for you but I was hoping to get how to actually do what you originally tried.