node dotenv
require('dotenv').config();
console.log(process.env.MY_ENV_VAR);
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require('dotenv').config();
console.log(process.env.MY_ENV_VAR);
// Terminal/CMD
npm i dotenv
//In .env file
SPECIAL_KEY = 0000000 //whatever the key
//In nodejs file - 2 point usage
//1 - initialisation
require('dotenv').config();
//2 - using the special key
const specialKey = process.env.SPECIAL_KEY
console.log(specialKey);
const config = require('dotenv-config')();
console.log(config.test); // localhost
module.exports = config;
npm install dotenv
Rename your file to just .env, removing any prefix
require it as early as possible in your application with the code snippet below
require('dotenv').config();
this module is used to access environment variable in our application