Environment Variables not getting set in Nodejs app

Asked Mar 06 '18 at 04:56

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For some reason I can't set the environment variables on my node js app. I am currently trying to use dotenv package to set my environment variables and I put a log statement in the config() method to print out the processes.env variable and it looks like it adds the variables correctly. However, once I'm back in my index.js when my app runs, logging the process.env only shows the following environment variables:

NODE_ENV : "development"
PUBLIC_URL : ""

I've tried just about everything. Why can't I set the environment variables for my node app?

asked Mar 06 '18 at 04:56

rockzombie2

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can you show your code on how you use dotenv package and your .env file? – bumblebeen Mar 06 '18 at 05:37
https://pastebin.com/ubqneJjK is my index.js file My env file is just ENVNAME=VARIABLE – rockzombie2 Mar 06 '18 at 05:42
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it is because you are using dotenv in a client side app. see answer here. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/42182577/is-it-possible-to-use-dotenv-in-a-react-project – bumblebeen Mar 06 '18 at 05:48

Environment Variables not getting set in Nodejs app

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