Basic Node and Express - Use the .env File

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Step is not lining up will the instructions. Tried following the hint for replit and not going through in the secret section.

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

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It is hard for us to help when you don’t share your code

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let express = require('express');
let app = express();
console.log("Hello World");

app.get("/", function(req, res) {
  res.sendFile(__dirname + "/views/index.html");
  app.use("/public", express.static(__dirname + "/public"));
});

app.get("/", function(req, res) {
  res.send("Hello Express");
});

app.get("/json", (req, res) {
  req.json({
    message: "Hello json"
  });
app.get("/json", (req, res) => {
    message: "Hello JSON"
  });
});
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Where is the logic involving the environment variable

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