⚙️ env

Reads an environment file and sets the environment variables.

History

Version	Changes
v2.5.0	CLI: deprecate --env-File in order to --envFile.

CLI

Loading the .env by default:

npx poku --envFile

Loading a custom .env:

npx poku --envFile='path/to/my/.env'

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API

You can set a .env file directly in a specif test or by using it globally.

Loading the .env by default:

import { envFile } from 'poku';

await envFile();

Loading a custom .env:

import { envFile, poku } from 'poku';

await envFile('path/to/my/.env');

await poku('./');

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note

It's not possible to retrieve files from directories above the current process, e.g. ../.env.

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danger

Poku is made entirely for testing purposes, please don't use this functionality outside of testing.

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Real Examples

• .env.test

HOST='localhost'
PORT='8080'

Then, in a test file, you can use it as:

import { assert } from 'poku';

const host = process.env.HOST;
const port = process.env.PORT;

// Your tests come here

Then, run your tests

npx poku --envFile='.env.test'