Basic Node and Express - Use the .env File

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Tell us what’s happening:
Hello, my solution works locally on my computer and returns the right JSON value. I converted the solution to the replit link below but the grader is not passing me.

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solution: boilerplate-express - Node.js Repl - Replit

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Challenge: Basic Node and Express - Use the .env File

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Thanks for the response. The solution works on my computer but I am having issue with the Replit version.

I already created the variable from the secrets tab.

let express = require('express');
let app = express();
const mySecret = process.env['MESSAGE_STYLE'];

app.get('/', (req, res) => {
  // res.send(mySecret);
    res.sendFile(__dirname + '/views/index.html');
});


app.use(express.static(__dirname + '/public'));

app.get('/json', (req, res) => {
  res.json({
    message: (mySecret  === 'uppercase' ? 'HELLO JSON' : 'hello json'),
  });
});

module.exports = app;

Opening the URL below with the browser returns the required JSON, so I don’t know why the grader is not passing me.

https://boilerplate-express.adebayoade.repl.co/json

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This is in the global space, only checked once when the app is started, so your code cannot respond to changes in the environment variable.

In other words, you are not respecting the instructions on where in your code you need to check the environment variable.

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let express = require('express');
let app = express();

app.get('/', (req, res) => {
    res.sendFile(__dirname + '/views/index.html');
});

app.use(express.static(__dirname + '/public'));

app.get('/json', (req, res) => {
  let resultMessage = 'Hello json';
  if (process.env.MESSAGE_STYLE === 'uppercase') {
    resultMessage = resultMessage.toUpperCase();
  }

  res.json({ message: resultMessage });
});

module.exports = app;

How about this?

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Can you please check why the grader is not passing me?

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