Node.js debug package not working with .env file

Question

I want to use the debug package to log messages like this:

const debug = require('debug')('app:Debug');
debug('this is a log message!');

Then in package.json :

"scripts": {
    "dev": "DEBUG=* nodemon server"
}

And it worked perfectly.

Now I want to store all my environment variables in the .env file like so:

PORT=5000
NODE_ENV=development
DEBUG=*

And if I do this:

const debug = require('debug')('app:Debug');
const dotenv = require('dotenv');
dotenv.config();
debug('this is a log message!');

No message is logged. I checked the DEBUG environment variable with console.log('process.env.DEBUG') and it is set. I don't understand where the problem is.

Any help will be appreciated thanks.

Answer 1

You probably need to init dotenv before you setup the debug -module:

const dotenv = require('dotenv');
dotenv.config();
const debug = require('debug')('app:Debug');
debug('this is a log message!');

Answer 2

Nevermind guys. I removed the node_modules directory and re-installed the packages and everything works fine.