setdotenv v1.0.1

Setdotenv

Simple way to load .env file to process.env object

Just use next string in your main file (the file that is loaded first in your project) and there we go!

For typescript

export * from 'setdotenv';
import express from 'express';

For javascript

require('setdotenv');
const express = require('express');

How it works

process.env.NODE_ENV = 'production';
export * from 'setdotenv';

// it reads from production.env file
const myEnv = process.env.MY_ENV;

or

export * from 'setdotenv';

// it reads from development.env file by default
const myEnv = process.env.MY_ENV;

Note

It doesn't read just .env file. Only NODE_ENV.env file.

.env file format

MY_ENV=show must go on
SECRET=my secret key
EXAMPLE=example string
# We can use comments here
NUMBER=123
__TEST=test
@SOME=data
SYMBOLS=@!@!@#$$#%;/23$%$#%%^&

and, then

process.env.MY_ENV === 'show must go on'; // true
process.env.NUMBER === '123'; // true
process.env.__TEST === 'test'; // true
process.env.SOME === 'data'; // true
process.env.SYMBOLS === '@!@!@#$$#%;/23$%$#%%^&'; // true