Sometimes, we want to store database config in Node.js and Express app.
In this article, we’ll look at how to store database config in Node.js and Express app.
How to store database config in Node.js and Express app?
To store database config in Node.js and Express app, we can use the dotenv module.
To install it, we run
npm i dotenv
Then we use it by writing
app.js
require('dotenv').config()
in our app’s entry point file.
And then in our .env file, we write
DATABASE_PASSWORD=mypw
DATABASE_NAME=some_db
Then we can use the environment variable values from process.env like
process.env.DATABASE_PASSWORD
Conclusion
To store database config in Node.js and Express app, we can use the dotenv module.
