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"dotenv: error when sourcing '.env' file"?

Every time I cd a particular directory using either Terminal or iTerm2 (I'm running Macos 10.14.5, Node 12.13.0), I get the following error that seems to be complaining about an ´.env´ file provided to me by my team. They are not getting the error. 

.env:22: parse error near '}'  
dotenv: error when sourcing '.env' file 
.env:22: parse error near '}'

Line 22, which seems to be causing the error is

COOKIE_SETTINGS={"isSecure": false, "isSameSite": false, "isHttpOnly": true, "encoding": "base64json", "path": "/"}

Any clue how I might remedy this? Thanks for any insights.

Solution

  • You can't store objects inside .env file. The solution is to: Stringify JSON object and save as env variable. Then parse and use it when you need your object.

    Another solution is to write variables like this:

    COOKIE_SETTINGS_IS_SECURE = false
COOKIE_SETTINGS_IS_SAME_SITE = false
...