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Last updated: 23 Aug 2023

smart-answers: ## Publishing

Publishing

Changes to smart answer landing (or start) pages need to be sent to the Publishing API for them to appear on GOV.UK.

You will need the flow name and content_id, both of which can be found in the relevant Flow file, e.g. ReportALostOrStolenPassportFlow.

The rake task publishing_api:sync[FLOW_NAME] exists for this purpose, and needs to be run once you have deployed your changes. It can be run via Kubernetes as follows:

# For each ENVIRONMENT [integration, staging, production]...

# Ensure you are using the correct ENVIRONMENT
kubectl config use-context govuk-ENVIRONMENT
kubectl config current-context

# Get a temporary AWS token
export AWS_REGION=eu-west-1
eval $(gds aws govuk-ENVIRONMENT-poweruser -e --art 8h)

# Check the current value for your change in publishing-api
kubectl -n apps exec -it deploy/publishing-api -- rails c
Document.find_by(content_id: CONTENT_ID).editions.last

# Run the rake task
kubectl -n apps exec deploy/smartanswers -- rake 'publishing_api:sync[FLOW_NAME]'

# Make sure your changes have been updated correctly
kubectl -n apps exec -it deploy/publishing-api -- rails c
Document.find_by(content_id: CONTENT_ID).editions.last

If you have made multiple changes to a number of flows, there is also the rake task publishing_api:sync_all which sync's all flows with the Publishing API. It can be run as above substituting publishing_api:sync[FLOW_NAME] with publishing_api:sync_all.