Setting Multiple Environment Variables In File Through package.json Script

Question

I have a file ENVVARS that consists of setting many environment variables eg

export ENV_VAR1 = 'mongodb://url'
export ENV_VAR2 = 'dbname'

I need to set these environment variables before I run my script. I'm trying to do something like so:

"test": . ENVVARS && npm run test-s

I have read about the use of cross-env for setting environment variables inline, but haven't stumbled upon a solution for what I am trying to do, which is setting multiple environment variables through an external file.

Is this possible to do?

Answer 1

Like @VtoCorleno suggested you can use doenv package, which let you set as many ENV VARIABLES in .env file, you can access them in your program like: process.env.XYZ ,

Which in your case can be: process.env.ENV_VAR1 process.env.ENV_VAR2