I'm trying to create some envrioment variables but when I create the file and run the server the seem to be undefined. I'm using nodemon
. I have restarted my server and no luck.
UPDATED
.env
MONGO_ATLAS_PW = "xxxx";
JWT_KEY = "secret_this_should_be_longer";
package.json
...
"scripts": {
...
"start:server": "nodemon ./server/server.js"
}
app.js
require('dotenv').config();
...
console.log(process.env.JWT_KEY); //undefined
I believe the nodemon.json file is only for setting nodemon specific configuration. If you look at the nodemon docs for a sample nodemon.json file, the only env variable they mention setting is NODE_ENV.
Have you considered putting these environment variables for your app in a .env file instead? There is a package called dotenv that is helpful for managing env variables in Node.
First, install dotenv using the command npm install dotenv
Then, create a file called .env
in the root directory with the following:
MONGO_ATLAS_PW=xxxxx
JWT_KEY=secret_this_should_be_longer
Finally, inside your app.js
file after your imports add the following line:
require('dotenv').config()