Can't pass the "Use the .env File" challenge after the new changement on Replit policy

JavaScript
22

It must be {"message":"HELLO JSON"} am wrong ?
than where is the problem here ?

23

Why the FFC can’t have an access to the Secrets Environment Variables of Replit ?

24

It is secret… so only you can verify that you actually added the correct secret.

25

So how the FCC can verify if I’m using this Secret in wrong way ?

26

I don’t know that I understand what you are asking. If you choose to intentionally bypass the lesson and cheat, that’s your problem.

27

I don’t want to cheat and I didn’t said that , I want to pass it normally but the Test shows me this message and I still don’t know where Im wrong

The response of the endpoint
/json
should change according to the environment variable
MESSAGE_STYLE

28

Hello there,

In the background, the freeCodeCamp tests do have access to your process (Nodejs runtime variable), because it is a part of your app, in the fcc-express-bground package (REPLIT hides the node_modules folder with the package code, but you can see it installed in the package.json file).

This package tests your app by changing the variable from uppercase to a different value, and looks at your app output.

Now, what others have mentioned in this thread is that you need to:
a) Use the correct syntax for the app to work
b) Not use a global variable, for the logic state

Why is b a problem? Read more here:

Hope this helps

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29

You fixed the case, but you move the variable out of the function again. With your current code as it is now…

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


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


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


app.get('/json', (function(req,res)   {

  if( mySecret === "uppercase" ){
    res.json({"message" : "Hello json".toUpperCase() });
  } else {
    res.json({"message" : "Hello json" });
  }
  
}))

…all you have to do is move the line const mySecret = process.env['MESSAGE_STYLE'] inside the handler.

Just in case this still isn’t clear.

Spoiler 
var express = require('express');
var app = express();

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

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

app.get('/json', (function(req, res) {
  const mySecret = process.env['MESSAGE_STYLE']

  if (mySecret === "uppercase") {
    res.json({ "message": "Hello json".toUpperCase() });
  } else {
    res.json({ "message": "Hello json" });
  }

}))

If that doesn’t work, then you didn’t set up the environment variable correctly.

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30

You can check this answer above

31

I got the exact result they asked me for , the problem is the FCC doesn’t accept it , and I don’t know why ?

32

Any one can help me out this bug here it seems a problem in this platform , Im stuck for the past 24h looking for a hint

33

Please paste the link you are trying to submit, inside backticks like so:

`https://example-link`

34

Your code is still incorrect, because of:

36

I already did this and it didn’t wok and this is why :

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https://boilerplate-express-1.smailove.repl.co/json

38

do not add the /json part
just the link to the app, https://boilerplate-express-1.smailove.repl.co

39

Try reading again that, because you have not done what’s written there

40

The eror massege says

The response of the endpoint /json should change according to the environment variable MESSAGE_STYLE

so it must include the endpoint /json
I tried without the /json but still the same message

41

Plain and simple: This code will not work - is not correct

const mySecret = process.env['MESSAGE_STYLE']
...
app.get('/json', (function(req,res)   {
  if( mySecret === "uppercase" ){
    res.json({"message" : "Hello json".toUpperCase() });
  } else {
    res.json({"message" : "Hello json" });
  }
  
}))

It will not work, because of the reasons mentioned in most of the above replies.

42

if you mean declaring mySecret inside the function well i tried this already and this was the result :