using an enviroment variable for local sequelize configuration

Question

I\'m looking to use an environment variable inside of the config.json file of my project using sequelize. I\'m using dotenv to set environment variables locally. My config.json

Answer 1

you should change config.json file to a config.js module and make sure to require the dotenv at the very top.

require('dotenv').config(); // this is important!
module.exports = {
"development": {
    "username": process.env.DB_USERNAME,
    "password": process.env.DB_PASSWORD,
    "database": process.env.DB_DATABASE,
    "host": process.env.DB_HOST,
    "dialect": "mysql"
},
"test": {
    "username": "root",
    "password": null,
    "database": "database_test",
    "host": "127.0.0.1",
    "dialect": "mysql"
},
"production": {
    "username": "root",
    "password": null,
    "database": "database_production",
    "host": "127.0.0.1",
    "dialect": "mysql"
}
};

NOTE: update your .sequelizerc file to match the new config file.

"config": path.resolve('./config', 'config.js'),