set up dotenv

Author: jlcoding01

.gitignore

@@ -12,4 +12,7 @@ node_modules
 # System files and IDE settings folders
 .DS_Store
 .idea
-.vscode
+.vscode
+
+# Environmental variables
+.env

app.js

@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 const express = require("express");
 const mongoose = require("mongoose");
 const cors = require("cors");
+require("dotenv").config();
 const { errors } = require("celebrate");
+
 const mainRouter = require("./routes/index");
 const { createUser, login } = require("./controllers/users");
 const { getClothingItem } = require("./controllers/clothingItems");

package-lock.json

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
     "bcryptjs": "^2.4.3",
     "celebrate": "^15.0.3",
     "cors": "^2.8.5",
+    "dotenv": "^16.4.5",
     "express": "^4.19.2",
     "express-winston": "^4.2.0",
     "jsonwebtoken": "^9.0.2",

package.json

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+const { JWT_SECRET = "some-secret-key" } = process.env;
+
 module.exports = {
-  JWT_SECRET: "some-secret-key",
+  JWT_SECRET,
 };