Audit environment variables

[stevenbuccini]

This is a:

• bug
• enhancement
• feature-discussion

Enhancement

Description

Currently, we have a several environment variables in a .env file in the project. These variables mainly drive our database configuration. However, Heroku will inject its own "config vars" into the environment. By having these in two separate places (specifically the URLs for pulling the data from the Board of Elections), we increase the probability that folks will update the values in one place and not the other.

Implementation

Several options off the top of my head:

• Use dotenv everywhere
• Move values into src/config.js
• Hard-code values into the appropriate places in the database configuration.