---
title: Properties
description: "These are the various properties that can be added to your properties file or added to your custom [Element](https://namazustudios.com/glossary/element/) code. The properties file would be in the custom [Element](https://namazustudios.com/glossary/element/) deployment directory, named `dev.getelements.Element.attributes.properties`. The properties below can be defined or…"
url: "https://namazustudios.com/docs/custom-code/properties/"
updated: "2026-08-13"
category: "Your Game Code - Adding Custom Elements"
---

# Properties

These are the various properties that can be added to your properties file or added to your custom [Element](https://namazustudios.com/glossary/element/) code.

The properties file would be in the custom [Element](https://namazustudios.com/glossary/element/) deployment directory, named `dev.getelements.Element.attributes.properties`. The properties below can be defined or overridden within this file. For example:
`dev.getelements.elements.app.serve.prefix=example-Element`
would cause the deployed [Element](https://namazustudios.com/glossary/element/) to be given the [name](https://namazustudios.com/glossary/name/) "example-[Element](https://namazustudios.com/glossary/element/)" and any endpoint defined within the [Element](https://namazustudios.com/glossary/element/) would serve at /app/[REST](https://namazustudios.com/glossary/rest/)/example-[Element](https://namazustudios.com/glossary/element/)/<endpoint>

You can also define your own properties and inject them using the @Named annotation, like so

```
@Injectpublic void setDefaultUserName(@Named(DEFAULT_USER_NAME) String defaultUserName) {    this.defaultUserName = defaultUserName;}
```

Note

To avoid potential conflicts, you should [name](https://namazustudios.com/glossary/name/) properties using "com.mycompany" or whatever your domain is, instead of "dev.getelements"

For more information on how to structure a deployment, see [Deploying an Element](../docs/custom-code/deploying-an-element/).

## Default Root [User](https://namazustudios.com/glossary/user/) Settings

```
/**
* The email/username to use for the default user.
*/
@ElementDefaultAttribute("root")
public static final String DEFAULT_USER_NAME = "dev.getelements.elements.user.default.name";

/**
 * The email/username to use for the default user.
 */
@ElementDefaultAttribute("root@example.com")
public static final String DEFAULT_USER_EMAIL = "dev.getelements.elements.user.default.email";

/**
 * The email/username to use for the default user.
 */
@ElementDefaultAttribute("example")
public static final String DEFAULT_USER_PASSWORD = "dev.getelements.elements.user.default.password";
```

## [Element](https://namazustudios.com/glossary/element/) Settings

```
/**
* Defines an attribute which specifies the prefix for the element. At
* load-time, loader will inspect the attributes from the Element.
* If blank, then the loader will defer to the value of the
* ElementDefinition, which would typically be the name of the package
* bearing the annotation.
*
* This attribute forces the name of the Element to the assigned value when
* running locally in the IDE, which determines the path as well.
*
* For example, the below value will produce the relative path
* /app/rest/example-element, which any custom endpoints will append to.
*/
@ElementDefaultAttribute("")
String APPLICATION_PREFIX = "dev.getelements.elements.app.serve.prefix";
```

```
/**
* Defines an attribute which specifies if the elements should enable the
* standard auth pipeline in Elements.
* This ensures that the application server will be able to authenticate
* users using the Authorization or Elements-SessionSecret headers as well
* as allow the appropriate override headers to be used.
*
* If set to "true", the application will use the built in authentication
* service.
* If set to "false", the application will not use the authentication
* service and you will need to provide your own.
*
* Specifically when the dev.getelements.elements.auth.enabled attribute is
* set to "true", we will automatically install a set of filters that will
* ensure that the user is authenticated and applied to the service layer
* for all requests.
*/
@ElementDefaultAttribute("")
String ENABLE_ELEMENTS_AUTH = "dev.getelements.elements.auth.enabled";
```

## Advanced Options

```
/**
* The storage directory for the git repositories housing the application's
* script storage.
*/
@ElementDefaultAttribute("cdn-repos/git")
public static final String GIT_CDN_STORAGE_DIRECTORY = "dev.getelements.elements.git.cdn.storage.directory";

/**
* The storage directory for the git repositories housing the application's
* script storage.
*/
@ElementDefaultAttribute("script-repos/git")
public static final String ELEMENT_STORAGE_DIRECTORY = "dev.getelements.elements.rt.git.element.storage.directory";

/**
* Used to specify the RPC provider for bsc blockchain.
*/
@ElementDefaultAttribute("https://data-seed-prebsc-1-s1.binance.org:8545")
String BSC_RPC_PROVIDER = "dev.getelements.elements.blockchain.bsc.provider";

/**
 * Used to specify the session timeout, in seconds
 */
@ElementDefaultAttribute("172800")
String SESSION_TIMEOUT_SECONDS = "dev.getelements.elements.session.timeout.seconds";

/**
 * Used to specify the mock session timeout.
 */
@ElementDefaultAttribute("3600")
String MOCK_SESSION_TIMEOUT_SECONDS = "dev.getelements.elements.mock.session.timeout.seconds";

/**
 * Used to specify the host for neo blockchain.
 */
@ElementDefaultAttribute("http://127.0.0.1")
String NEO_BLOCKCHAIN_HOST = "dev.getelements.elements.blockchain.neo.host";

/**
 * Used to specify the port for neo blockchain.
 */
@ElementDefaultAttribute("50012")
String NEO_BLOCKCHAIN_PORT = "dev.getelements.elements.blockchain.neo.port";

/**
 * Used to specify the file path for static content.
 */
@ElementDefaultAttribute("content")
String CDN_FILE_DIRECTORY = "dev.getelements.elements.cdnserve.storage.directory";

/**
 * Used to specify the endpoint file path for cloning static content.
 */
@ElementDefaultAttribute("clone")
String CDN_CLONE_ENDPOINT = "dev.getelements.elements.cdnserve.endpoint.clone";

/**
 * Used to specify the endpoint for serving static content.
 */
@ElementDefaultAttribute("serve")
String CDN_SERVE_ENDPOINT = "dev.getelements.elements.cdnserve.endpoint.serve";
```