Why are my process.env variables undefined?

Question

even though I am using: require('dotenv').config() at the top of my modules, my process.env variables (set in my.env file) are undefined.

This, despite the fact that my IDE clearly is seeing them as defined bc it autofills the variable names as I type them out.

Very strange. Any thoughts?

 require('dotenv').config(); let config = { userName: process.env.userName, password: process.env.password, server: process.env.server }

here's my.env file:

    userName='myNmae'
    password='myPassword'
    server='myServer.com'
    PORT=3001

Answer 1

For me they were undefined for 2 reasons:

• My variables did not have VUE_APP_ prefixed to them, for Vue that seems to be necessary.
• I had inserted the variables into my.env file AFTER starting the server and had not restarted it yet.

Hope this helps some lost soul.