javascriptnode.jsenvironment-variables

Node Server .env file undefined in server.js

The below screenshot shows my file structure in VS code. I have used npm concurrent to run both backend and frontend simultaneously. My problem is env file is not recognized in the server file. Please tell me what is wrong here.

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Solution

  • You can specify the path where the .env file is to dotenv package.

    Please modify the following line of code to

    require("dotenv").config();

    like this:

    require("dotenv").config({path: "./back-end/.env"});