dotenv not picking up vars from .env file code example

Example 1: node dotenv

require('dotenv').config();

console.log(process.env.MY_ENV_VAR);

Example 2: nodejs dotenv path how to set

// when yours .env is in other place then default, you can set path to it

const path = require('path')
require('dotenv').config({ path: path.resolve(__dirname, '../../.env') }); //use as many '../' as you need