Basic Node and Express - Use the .env File

[istiaqueRezaAuyon]

Tell us what’s happening:

This is my myApp.js file :

let express = require('express');
require('dotenv').config();

let app = express();

app.get('/json', (req,res) => {
    if(process.env.MESSAGE_STYLE==='uppercase')
    res.json({"message": "HELLO JSON"});
    else res.json({"message": "Hello json"});
});

this is what in my dot env file given below savedd as .env:

MESSAGE_STYLE=uppercase;

It should be working but it is not . why ? by the when I console (process.env.MESSAGE_STYLE === ‘uppercase’) in the route handler it shows false. why?

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Basic Node and Express - Use the .env File

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[MostafaElbadry]

@istiaqueRezaAuyon

MESSAGE_STYLE=uppercase;

your .env file should not contain semicolons ;

Create a .env file in the root of your project directory, and store the variable MESSAGE_STYLE=uppercase in it.

In a .env file the format of environment variables is KEY=VALUE on each line.

[ILM]

also remember you need to restart the server after any changes