.env not working in Node js

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.env not working in Node js

Hello,

I'm trying to access some credentials from a .env file in a Node js repl, and it doesn't work.
I've used process.env.VARIABLE1 and my .env file looks something like:

VARIABLE1="Hello"
VARIABLE2="Hi"

And it just doesn't work. I know I have the right credentials, because it worked without the .env file...

Can someone help me out?

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youll need to

require('dotenv').config()

since .env support does not come with Node

@notGilbert okay to I need to install it?

@notGilbert Still doesn't work

@thethermometer yes, replit will automatically install it if it sees that you required it

Well Idk how node works but if you could take the results of the file and search it for VARIABLE1, then set something to the next few characters it could work