Process.env problem

JavaScript
#1

Tell us what’s happening:
https://boilerplate-express.dletulle.repl.co/json
Inside my Repl.it I created the file “process.env” and the only line in it is:
MESSAGE_STYLE=uppercase

I’ve tried restarting the server, but the code still wont become uppercase.
I’ve even tried copying code from others which have completed the challenge and even copied the code from the solution, but it doesn’t work.
Any idea what I’m missing here?

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

console.log("Hello World")
/*
app.get("/", (req, res) => {
  res.send("Hello Express");
});
*/

app.get("/", (req, res) => {
  absolutePath = __dirname + "/views/index.html";
  res.sendFile(absolutePath);
})

app.get("/json", (req, res) => {
  message = "Hello json";
  process.env.MESSAGE_STYLE === "uppercase" ? 
    res.json({ "message": message.toUppercase() }):
    res.json({ "message": message })
})

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

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solution: https://boilerplate-express.dletulle.repl.co/json

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Challenge: Use the .env File

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#2

I cant see your full project code… although i notice you do not have

require("dotenv").config();
#3

some other things I noticed could be causing your error:

MESSAGE_STYLE=uppercase

that should be a string

.toUppercase()

that method does not exist… rather it should be toUpperCase()

last sidepoint… are you intending to declare a global variable?

also you can try to console.log the value of what you are getting from the env file… just to check what it is…

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#4

The filename is .env, not process.env (so just the file extension, no filename).

process.env.VARIABLE is the variable name in node that lets you access whatever is in the .env file.

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