Importing dotenv the ES6-modules way

The dotenv documentation state that importing dotenv should be done as following:

import * as dotenv from 'dotenv'
dotenv.config()

• The first line above imports node_modules/dotenv.
• The second line would fetch your custom .env-file into that specific module.

There is another way loading your custom .env-file into your project immediately:

import 'dotenv/config`

Using dotenv-variables after importing the dotenv/config:

// Destructure process.env object
const { env } = process

// Call your specific .env-variables
env.mySecretVariable
...
env.API_KEY

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15 december 2022