js and i'm getting error with accessing data from .env file.
my file structure looks like this:
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in .utils folder i have file mail.js where i need to access port and other data from .env
mail.js
require("dotenv").config({ path: "../.env" });
const port = process.env.email_port;
const host = process.env.email_host;
const user = process.env.email_user;
const pass = process.env.email_pass;
console.log("port", port); //undefined
getting undefined here.
Note: path is correct to .env and variable names are also correct.
Try to add require("dotenv").config() to the server app or to remove the { path: "../.env" } from the require-statement.
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I am trying to make a GitHub banner generator using express js, my code works fine locally but when I try to host it on vercel all the image files go missing and I get no such file or directory found error.
app.get('/api',async(req,res)=>{
const title = req.query.title || "Github Banner Generator"
const subTitle = req.query.subtitle || ""
const theme = req.query.theme || "default"
const _theme = require(`./themes/${theme}/${theme}.json`)
const image = await loadImage(fs.readFileSync('themes/default/image1.png'))
const img = await new Canvas(1280, 520)
.printImage(image,0,0)
.setColor(_theme.primaryColor)
.setTextFont('bold 60px Serif')
.setTextAlign('center')
.printText(title,1280/2,520/2)
.setTextFont('20px Serif')
.setTextAlign('center')
.printText(subTitle,1280/2,(520/2)+60)
.toBuffer();
res.set({'Content-Type':'image/png'})
res.send(img)
})
I think the image path isn't right because of you didn't used an absolute path. You should read more about the difference between ./ and __dirname in NodeJS.
My solution would be to use __dirname + (the file location depending on the current file folder)
const image = await loadImage(fs.readFileSync(__dirname
+ '/themes/default/image1.png'));
Here, I assume that your project structure looks something like this...
/package.json
/index.js (contains the code)
/themes/default/image1.png
Environment: Node.js, dotenv
require('dotenv').config() is typically only required in the main file such as app.js. With that one call process.env can be referenced in every file in the app. This answer agrees with that, https://stackoverflow.com/a/58697426/12582054
However I just ran across an instance where I get an error if I don't include require('dotenv').config() in an additional file and I'm not sure why.
Simplified Example:
app.js
const path = require('path');
// Custom path to .env file.
require('dotenv').config({ path: path.join(__dirname, '/models/.env')});
const middlewareFile = require('./controllers/middleware-file');
middleware-file.js
const USPS = require('usps-webtools-promise').default;
const usps = new USPS({
userId: process.env.USPS_USER_ID,
properCase: Boolean
});
usps-webtools-promise appears to be the module triggering the error.
If I don't include the dotenv reference at the top of middleware-file.js the USPS module throws an error. It points exactly at the first letter of the value process.env.USPS_USER_ID.
throw new error_1.default("Must pass USPS userId");
USPSError [USPS Webtools Error]: Must pass USPS userId
at Object. (c:\website\controllers\middleware-file.js:35:14)
I can solve the error by adding dotenv to the top of the file.
const path = require('path');
require('dotenv').config({ path: path.join(__dirname, '../models/.env')});
Make sure to call require('dotenv').config({ path: path.join(__dirname, '../models/.env')}); as early as possible in your application. Further you can log the results or check for errors with:
const dotenv = require('dotenv').config({ path: path.join(__dirname, '/models/.env')});
if (dotenv.error) {
// Something went wrong
console.error(dotenv.error);
} else {
// Log parsed values
console.log(dotenv.parsed);
}
I was codding a simple bot for discord, and I noticed that when i use fs, the app doesn't deploy. I need to access a file that is inside a folder. But when I use:
const commandFiles = fs.readdirSync('./commands').filter(file => file.endsWith('.js'));
for (const file of commandFiles) {
const command = require(`./commands/${file}`);
client.commands.set(command.name, command);
}
The app doesn't deploy, I tried to do everything in one .js file, but i really need to use modules.export
I cant even use:
const configFile = require('./config')
If whatever look here with same case as me:
console error looking as bad directory on heroku, my manually app working.
Local node.js need using / or
On Heroku you must use /
So I change this line:
const folderPath = __dirname + "\\my_modules";
to this:
const folderPath = __dirname + "\\my_modules";
I used type module so __dirname is my variable setup by package URL and path.
I'm working on an app that has client side and server side hosted on two seperate heroku deployments. When I hard code the url in the axios call from the front end to the back end it works in the production environment:
auth.js file:
const baseUrl = 'https://url.herokuapp.com/'
function Auth() {
axios.get(baseUrl + 'api/user', test)
But if I add the following to the .env file and change the code as below it doesn't work:
auth.js file:
const baseUrl = process.env.REACT_APP_SERVER_URL || '/'
function Auth() {
axios.get(baseUrl + 'api/user', test)
.env file:
if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production') {
REACT_APP_SERVER_URL = "http://localhost:3001/"
} else {
REACT_APP_SERVER_URL = "https://url.herokuapp.com/"
}
I've tried adding and installing dotenv to a route server.js file on the front end but now luck
require('dotenv').config();
Any ideas?
.env file is not a js file that you can write code. It is just plain text.
So you can use it like:
.env
REACT_APP_SERVER_URL=http://example.com
NODE_ENV=production
Then you can read it.
require('dotenv').config();
console.log(process.env.NODE_ENV);
console.log(process.env.REACT_APP_SERVER_URL );
const baseUrl = process.env.REACT_APP_SERVER_URL || '/'
axios.get(baseUrl + 'api/user', test)
In this documentation, you can find how to apply env variables via heroku config vars. https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/config-vars
I am trying to view the log File in the browser on hitting a particular url. I have the log file in my local (/logsFolder/app.log)
I tried the following codes:
Code: 1
var app = express();
var path = require('path');
var logFile = require('/logs/app');
app.use('/logs',logFile);
It threw error like
Error: Cannot find module '/logs/app'
Code :2
const app = express();
const path = require('path');
const router = express.Router();
router.get('/logFile', function(req, res){
console.log("inside logt :");
res.render('./logs/app.log');
});
can anyone Please help me to resolve.
Your log is static text file, not a javascript, nor json file, that why you can't require it. (code 1)
You are not using template engine either, that's why your code 2 didn't work, It cannot be render by itself.
You can use the built in express middleware for static files.
Try this:
app.use(express.static('logsFolder'))
Now you can access all the content of logsFolder by requesting the file name. For example: http://your-url/app.log
Or try your code 2 with res.sendFile instead of res.render