Eleventy: How do I read from a .env file?

[michrome]

I know I can pass local environment variables to 11ty by running it with a syntax like $ SECRET_TOKEN=xxxyyy npx @11ty/eleventy --serve but what's the best way to pick this up from a local .env file?

Failing that, what's a good way to inject a secret value into process.env without committing the secret to source control?

Thank you!

[DirtyF]

Take a look at https://www.npmjs.com/package/dotenv

[scottishstoater]

@michrome I'm using dotenv in my project as @DirtyF suggested. You can see how it's used here:

Sample env file:
.env.sample

Data file:
_data/webmentions.js

[michrome]

Thank you @DirtyF and @chrisssycollins 🤝 dotenv worked perfectly.

For anyone else coming to this later, it's as simple as:

1. Install dotenv with $ npm install --save-dev dotenv.
2. Add require('dotenv').config(); to your .eleventy.js file.