Install:
npm install dotenv --save
For example, we can store the sensitive information or env related information in a ‘veriables.env’ file:
// variables.env NODE_ENV=development DATABASE=mongodb://xxxxx MAIL_USER=xx MAIL_PASS=xx MAIL_HOST=xxx.io MAIL_PORT=2525 PORT=7777 MAP_KEY=xxxx SECRET=xxx KEY=xxx
Then we can use dotenv to load those configurations:
// import environmental variables from our variables.env file require('dotenv').config({ path: 'variables.env' });
Now all the env related information will be stored in:
process.env