Webpack: "Uncaught SyntaxError: missing ) after argument list" getting some ENV var

[luismiguelprs]

Hi! I'm trying to configure some vars into my ENVIRONMENT files but it's trow a console error.
Here is my configuration:

/config/dev.env.js:

var merge = require('webpack-merge')
var prodEnv = require('./prod.env')

module.exports = merge(prodEnv, {
  NODE_ENV: '"development"',
  API_BASE_URL: '"foo"'
})

/src/main.js

...
console.log(process.env.API_BASE_URL)

Console display this error:

Uncaught SyntaxError: missing ) after argument list
    at Object.<anonymous> (app.js:1093)
    at __webpack_require__ (app.js:660)
    at fn (app.js:86)
    at Object.<anonymous> (app.js:1779)
    at __webpack_require__ (app.js:660)
    at app.js:709
    at app.js:712

[luismiguelprs]

If I invert the order of attributes that works!

module.exports = merge(prodEnv, {
  API_BASE_URL: '"foo"',
  NODE_ENV: '"development"'
})

[LinusBorg]

I can't reproduce this, sorry :/

[luismiguelprs]

Hi! Probably it was a isolated error... I don't know why but after that, every config that I used simply worked... Can you close this issue? Thanks!

[zhengkai2001]

Exactly same issue here. Can't use any customized property in *.env.js`.
e.g. in dev.env.js:

module.exports = merge(prodEnv, {
  NODE_ENV: '"development"',
  ROOT_API: '"http://127.0.0.1:5000/"'
})

Then, console.log(process.env.ROOT_API) will just give me the same error: "SyntaxError: missing } after property list".
But console.log(process.env.NODE_ENV) works well
All components are at their latest version - weback 4, vue 2, etc

[zhengkai2001]

@luismiguelprs Could you please share your solution to this issue if you found any ...? Thanks!

[zhengkai2001]

Just figured out - we need to stop the current process and do a rebuild in order to make the change work. For me, I just ctrl+C and npm run dev. Sorry for any disturbance

[tjunussov]

Same issue, here, but figured out,

You need to be very careful, with quotes
VALUE:'"value"' needs to be in double quote

if you use variable you need to do like this
VAR:'"'+myvar+'"'