Loads environment variables from a chosen .env
file into process.env
, using dotenv and dotenv-expand
Adds
.env
variables toprocess.env
package.json
"scripts": {
"test" : "env-path -p path/.env node app.js"
"build" : "env-path -p path/.env.production, react-scripts build"
"start" : "env-path -p otherPath/.env-file react-script start",
}
$ npm install env-path
Thanks to dotenv-expand, we can use variables inside our .env
file.
See simple .env
file under
API_KEY=key
PORT=3000
MONGO_DB=myDB
MONGO_URL=mongodb://localhost:27017/${MONGO_DB}
REACT_APP_VERSION=$npm_package_version
Preloads dotenv and dotenv-expand. By doing this, you do not need to require and load dotenv and dotenv-expand in your application code.
Specify a path using the -p
flag:
$ env-path -p path/.env-file node app.js
package.json
"scripts": {
"build" : "env-path -p path/.env.production, react-scripts build"
"start" : "env-path -p path/.env-file react-script start",
"start2" : "env-path -p path/.env.development node app.js",
"start3" : "env-path -p path/otherFileName.env node app.js",
}
Works similar to dotenv's Preload
See dotenv docs
$ env-path node app.js
package.json
"scripts": {
"start" : "env-path node app.js",
"build" : "env-path react-scripts build"
}