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Loads environment variables from `.env`.

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Loads environment variables from .env into ENV, automagically.

Read more about the motivation for dotenv at opensoul.org.

Installation

Rails

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'dotenv-rails', :groups => [:development, :test]

And then execute:

$ bundle

Sinatra or Plain ol' Ruby

Install the gem:

$ gem install dotenv

As early as possible in your application bootstrap process, load .env:

require 'dotenv'
Dotenv.load

To ensure .env is loaded in rake, load the tasks:

require 'dotenv/tasks'

task :mytask => :dotenv do
    # things that require .env
end

Usage

Add your application configuration to your .env file in the root of your project:

S3_BUCKET=YOURS3BUCKET
SECRET_KEY=YOURSECRETKEYGOESHERE

You can also create files per environment, such as .env.test:

S3_BUCKET=tests3bucket
SECRET_KEY=testsecretkey

An alternate yaml-like syntax is supported:

S3_BUCKET: yamlstyleforyours3bucket
SECRET_KEY: thisisalsoanokaysecret

Whenever your application loads, these variables will be available in ENV:

config.fog_directory  = ENV['S3_BUCKET']

Contributing

  1. Fork it
  2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
  3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Added some feature')
  4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
  5. Create new Pull Request

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