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Discussion on: Various ways of handling environment variables in React and Node.js

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rohan2734

ok you left one point , please answer that too
i have asked, that if i have .env.dev file
and i have some key as

#.env.dev

SOME_KEY = somekeyvalue
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then how do i need to use it?
Do i need to use it as

process.env.SOME_KEY
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or

Process.env.dev.SOME_KEY
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Yogesh Chavan

you need to use process.env.SOME_KEY only. Also don't add spaces before and after the = sign in .env file

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rohan2734

okay thankyou sir, i will definitely try this

so,

#.env.dev
SOME_KEY=sdfs
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and importing it as

process.env.SOME_KEY
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I think this is fine now

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Yogesh Chavan

Yes, it looks fine