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Expand Up @@ -70,6 +70,14 @@ console.log(process.env) // remove this after you've confirmed it is working
import 'dotenv/config'
```

ES6 import if you need to set config options:

```javascript
import dotenv from 'dotenv'

dotenv.config({ path: '/custom/path/to/.env' })
```

That's it. `process.env` now has the keys and values you defined in your `.env` file:

```javascript
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