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Validate env files so that it fails when a key is missing
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| // taken from https://dev.to/austinshelby/you-are-reading-environment-variables-the-wrong-way-in-nextjs-45da | |
| // helper function | |
| const getEnvironmentVariable = (environmentVariable: string): string => { | |
| const unvalidatedEnvironmentVariable = process.env[environmentVariable]; | |
| if (!unvalidatedEnvironmentVariable) { | |
| throw new Error( | |
| `Couldn't find environment variable: ${environmentVariable}` | |
| ); | |
| } else { | |
| return unvalidatedEnvironmentVariable; | |
| } | |
| }; | |
| export const config = { | |
| apiKey: getEnvironmentVariable("API_KEY") | |
| }; | |
| // usage | |
| import { config } from "./config" | |
| const url = `https://www.example.com/api/blog?api_key=${config.apiKey}` |
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