Is it possible to store a JSON file to an ENV variable with dotenv?

Question

I am using Google Drive API with my Rails application. The API is working fine. I have the following client_secret.json file:

{
  \"type\": \"service_account\",
         


        

Answer 1

Yes. It is possible to store json file in variable. However there is one small change needed :

\\\"type\\\": \\\"service_account\\\",

Do this for every double quote inside the curly braces of json.

Answer 2

Convert the JSON object to string and store it in the ENV

You can use JSON.dump to convert JSON object to string

and then in your controller JSON.parse(ENV['CLIENT_SECRET'])

Alternatively

you can create a google_session.rb inside initializers folder

$google_session = GoogleDrive::Session.from_service_account_key(
   # config goes here
)

and in your controller you will have access to $google_session global variable