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How do access NODE_ENV in Nunjucks template?

I have some Nunjucks template blocks that I want to render only in certain environments. I can't seem to access the NODE_ENV variable though. I tried this:

{% if process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development' %}
  <div>rendering some stuff here</div>
{% endif %}

This didn't seem to work for me though. It didn't seem to have any idea what process.env.NODE_ENV was.

Is it possible to access an environment variable like this in a template?

Solution

  • I ended up doing the following in my app.js

    nunjucks.configure('views', {
  ...
}).addGlobal('NODE_ENV', process.env.NODE_ENV)

    This simply adds NODE_ENV as a globally accessible variable in my Nunjucks template.