does not get loaded

[koraysels]

hi I installed sails-hoos-dotenv and added config in /config but it does not load my .env file..

  active: true
};

I use it for my db credentials etc.. is it possible the hook gets fired too late ? It should be loaded as early as possible right ?

[Taiters]

Hey @koraysels, the hook should run during the sails initialization which should be early enough yeah.

Do you have an example of when you're trying to access the loaded values? (from a model / controller method etc).

Cheers

[jpdavy]

I am having this same issue.

From package.json:

"dependencies": {
  ...
  "sails-hook-dotenv": "^0.1.1",
}

From config/dotenv.js:
module.exports.active = true;

From ./.env:
MONGODB_URI=mongodb://heroku_XXXX:YYYY@ds051334.mlab.com:51334/heroku_ZZZZ

From config/connections.js:
console.log("Database: %s", process.env.MONGODB_URI);

Prints:

sails lift

info: Starting app...

Database: undefined

[jpdavy]

OK I see what is happening here. Sails Lifecycle confirms that config variables are loaded before hooks, so any database variables set in config/connections.js will be loaded before this hook is called.

A suggested quick-fix for anyone coming behind me: just add require('dotenv').config(); to the top of your config/connections.js file.

[0xifis]

@jpdavy, I believe it should be require('dotenv').load() to load the dotenv variables.

[jpdavy]

@vishthemenon .load() is an alias of .config(). Either should work fine in this context.

[Virtuallified]

OK I see what is happening here. Sails Lifecycle confirms that config variables are loaded before hooks, so any database variables set in config/connections.js will be loaded before this hook is called.

A suggested quick-fix for anyone coming behind me: just add require('dotenv').config(); to the top of your config/connections.js file.

Where ever you use the process.env.YOURVAR, insert require('dotenv').config(); before module.export = {}; it will fix your issue for not founding the .env variables in sails.js app