godotenv.Read(f) throws "unexpected character "<" in variable"

[decentral1se]

godotenv.Read(filePath) throws the following:

FATA[0000] env file for 'foo.bar' couldn't be read: unexpected character "<" in variable name near "hosted by <a href=\"https://example.com\">Example.com</a>"

The line in the .env file is:

FOOTER="<a href="https://foo.org/">foobar</a> hosted by <a href="https://example.com">Example.com</a>"

Seems like perhaps another variant of #58?

[decentral1se]

Or in other words, godotenv doesn't support HTML being passed via env var? An escaping issue perhaps.

[TedCha]

@decentral1se Hey, I wasn't able to reproduce this issue. I ran the following:

main.go:

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"log"

	"github.com/joho/godotenv"
)

func main() {

	envMap, err := godotenv.Read("./.env")
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}

	for k, v := range envMap {
		fmt.Printf("Key: %s, Value: %s\n", k, v)
	}
}

// OUTPUT: Key: FOOTER, Value: "<a href="https://foo.org/">foobar</a> hosted by <a href="https://example.com">Example.com</a>.

.env:

FOOTER="<a href="https://foo.org/">foobar</a> hosted by <a href="https://example.com">Example.com</a>.

go.mod:

module example.com/godotenv-test

go 1.16

require github.com/joho/godotenv v1.3.0

Could you post your full env file (with any secrets taken out)? What version of godotenv are you using?

[decentral1se]

Hey we ended up wrapping with ' instead of " and it worked 🙈 Sorry for the noise!