fastify-dotenv

The fastify-dotenv iterates over your .env file and make it a decorator.

Usage/Examples

1 ) DEFAULT way

const Fastify = require('fastify').default,
    server = Fastify(),
    dotenv = require('@hadimardanian/fastify-dotenv');

server.register(dotenv, {
    path: '/config/.env', // (1)
    decorator: 'env' // (2)
});

server.listen(3000, function () {
    console.log('server is running on port ' + fastify.env);
});

Description

• (1) path : the "/" means the root of project folder. it must be at the beginning of path.
• (2) decorator : name it whatever you want, if omitted it will be "env" and if set it to false will not set.
• the ".env" file: Its name could be whatever you want. but its format must be plain text and content must be like following:

.env file content

PORT=3000
MONGO_CONNECTION=mongodb://localhost/mydb
NODE_ENV=production

And in general ...

KEY=VALUE

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2 ) Specifying the project directory

const Fastify = require('fastify').default,
    server = Fastify(),
    dotenv = require('@hadimardanian/fastify-dotenv');

server.register(dotenv, {
    path: '/config/.env',
    root: '/home/me/Documents/projects/nodeApp'
});

server.listen(3000, function () {
    console.log('server is running on port ' + fastify.env);
});

Description

Sometime for any reason you start node process somewhere not in the root of the project directory. Then you must manully specify the root of project folder in root parameter.