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Node.js: how do I read environment variables from a .env file?

posée 5 months ago118 vuesen

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process.env.DATABASE_URL is undefined even though it's in my .env file. Do I still need the dotenv package?

Environnement :Node.js 22Node.js 22

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posée 5 months ago

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Node doesn't read .env automatically. Since Node 20.6 you have a built-in flag, so you no longer need dotenv:

node --env-file=.env server.js
# optional file, no error if missing (Node 22+)
node --env-file-if-exists=.env server.js

Or in code (Node 21.7+): process.loadEnvFile().

On older Node versions, import 'dotenv/config' at the very top of your entry file still works.

Don't forget: add .env to .gitignore and commit a .env.example with placeholder values.

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answered 5 months ago

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