Can't complete challenge: Use the .env File

JavaScript
1

Hi there,

I have checked all the post about the .env file challenge and nothing seems to work. Can anyone giv eme a hint about how to solve this?

My code:

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

When MESSAGE_STYLE is set to uppercase:

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When MESSAGE_STYLE is set to uppercas:
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When I click on “I’ve completed this challenge” it triggers the following error:

SyntaxError: Unexpected token < in JSON at position 0
    at JSON.parse (<anonymous>)
    at /home/runner/boilerplate-express-1/node_modules/fcc-express-bground/index.js:91:26
    at IncomingMessage.<anonymous> (/home/runner/boilerplate-express-1/node_modules/fcc-express-bground/index.js:33:7)
    at IncomingMessage.emit (events.js:315:20)
    at IncomingMessage.Readable.read (_stream_readable.js:505:10)
    at flow (_stream_readable.js:1005:34)
    at resume_ (_stream_readable.js:986:3)
    at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:84:21)
SyntaxError: Unexpected token < in JSON at position 0
    at JSON.parse (<anonymous>)
    at /home/runner/boilerplate-express-1/node_modules/fcc-express-bground/index.js:99:28
    at IncomingMessage.<anonymous> (/home/runner/boilerplate-express-1/node_modules/fcc-express-bground/index.js:33:7)
    at IncomingMessage.emit (events.js:315:20)
    at IncomingMessage.Readable.read (_stream_readable.js:505:10)
    at flow (_stream_readable.js:1005:34)
    at resume_ (_stream_readable.js:986:3)
    at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:84:21)
_http_outgoing.js:518
    throw new ERR_HTTP_HEADERS_SENT('set');
    ^

Error [ERR_HTTP_HEADERS_SENT]: Cannot set headers after they ar
 npm start

> fcc-learn-node-with-express@0.1.0 start /home/runner/boilerplate-express-1
> node server.js

Node is listening on port 3000...
*
GET / - ::ffff:172.18.0.1
*
GET /style.css - ::ffff:172.18.0.1
https://www.freecodecamp.org
SyntaxError: Unexpected token < in JSON at position 0
    at JSON.parse (<anonymous>)
    at /home/runner/boilerplate-express-1/node_modules/fcc-express-bground/index.js:91:26
    at IncomingMessage.<anonymous> (/home/runner/boilerplate-express-1/node_modules/fcc-express-bground/index.js:33:7)
    at IncomingMessage.emit (events.js:315:20)
    at IncomingMessage.Readable.read (_stream_readable.js:505:10)
    at flow (_stream_readable.js:1005:34)
    at resume_ (_stream_readable.js:986:3)
    at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:84:21)
SyntaxError: Unexpected token < in JSON at position 0
    at JSON.parse (<anonymous>)
    at /home/runner/boilerplate-express-1/node_modules/fcc-express-bground/index.js:99:28
    at IncomingMessage.<anonymous> (/home/runner/boilerplate-express-1/node_modules/fcc-express-bground/index.js:33:7)
    at IncomingMessage.emit (events.js:315:20)
    at IncomingMessage.Readable.read (_stream_readable.js:505:10)
    at flow (_stream_readable.js:1005:34)
    at resume_ (_stream_readable.js:986:3)
    at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:84:21)
_http_outgoing.js:518
    throw new ERR_HTTP_HEADERS_SENT('set');
    ^

Error [ERR_HTTP_HEADERS_SENT]: Cannot set headers after they are sent to the client
    at ServerResponse.setHeader (_http_outgoing.js:518:11)
    at ServerResponse.header (/home/runner/boilerplate-express-1/node_modules/express/lib/response.js:771:10)
    at ServerResponse.send (/home/runner/boilerplate-express-1/node_modules/express/lib/response.js:170:12)
    at ServerResponse.json (/home/runner/boilerplate-express-1/node_modules/express/lib/response.js:267:15)
    at /home/runner/boilerplate-express-1/node_modules/fcc-express-bground/index.js:108:15
    at IncomingMessage.<anonymous> (/home/runner/boilerplate-express-1/node_modules/fcc-express-bground/index.js:33:7)
    at IncomingMessage.emit (events.js:315:20)
    at IncomingMessage.Readable.read (_stream_readable.js:505:10)
    at flow (_stream_readable.js:1005:34)
    at resume_ (_stream_readable.js:986:3) {
  code: 'ERR_HTTP_HEADERS_SENT'
}
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! fcc-learn-node-with-express@0.1.0 start: `node server.js`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Failed at the fcc-learn-node-with-express@0.1.0 start script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /home/runner/.npm/_logs/2021-02-04T19_41_21_595Z-debug.log
exit status 1
2

Hey there,

There is currently a known issue with this challenge: Use the .env File - Issue - #10 by Sky020

We are looking in to this, but the current work around is to skip this particular challenge.

3

Didn’t see that one on google. Sorry for posting again. Thank you

4

No worries - we just posted that topic so it probably hasn’t been indexed by Google yet.

Our forum does have a very helpful built-in search feature, though, which I recommend checking out. :slight_smile: