Private environment variables for Contrib

Contributors
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Hi,

I was reading the Contributing.md file from the Freecodecamp repo and couldn’t understand where can I get the info from .env file.

This is what I get from the .env file. I was wondering if there is a page that explains better what is the use of these or where can I find the info to fill these.

I appreciate any input.

MONGOHQ_URL='mongodb://localhost:27017/freecodecamp'

FACEBOOK_ID=stuff
FACEBOOK_SECRET=stuff

GITHUB_ID=stuff
GITHUB_SECRET=stuff

GOOGLE_ID=stuff                
GOOGLE_SECRET=stuff            

LINKEDIN_ID=stuff
LINKEDIN_SECRET=stuff          

TWITTER_KEY=stuff              
TWITTER_SECRET=stuff           
TWITTER_TOKEN=stuff
TWITTER_TOKEN_SECRET=stuff     
  
SESSION_SECRET=secretstuff
COOKIE_SECRET='this is a secret'
  
PEER=stuff
DEBUG=true                     
  
IMAGE_BASE_URL='https://s3.amazonaws.com/freecodecamp/images/'
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If you need these services, then you have to get them yourselves at each of those websites. For example, you go to https://developers.facebook.com/ and create a developer account. Then you follow the docs there to get the secret key and id to use for testing.

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The best place to ask would be https://gitter.im/FreeCodeCamp/Contributors

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I agree but it would be better to keep some information on the forum to then push it to the docs.