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Node.js process.env.YOUR_VARIABLE returning undefined

im trying to hide a discord token for my bot and im pretty sure i have dotenv setup correctly but all i get back is undefined. i even went so far as to use nodemon to restart the server when i make changes and still the same thing.

am i missing something? this is what i have tried so far.

const dotenv = require('dotenv').config();
# and
require('dotenv').config();

var token = process.env.DT;
#and
const token = process.env.DT;

DT=yourtokenhere
Solution

  • I figured it out. my code editor made it seem like it was in the same file as my index.js but it wasn't i feel dumb lol