Environment

Environment variable management and .env file loading.

3 modules

Module	Description
Get Environment Variable	Get the value of an environment variable
Load .env File	Load environment variables from a .env file
Set Environment Variable	Set an environment variable in the current process

Modules

Get Environment Variable

env.get

Get the value of an environment variable

Parameters:

Name	Type	Required	Default	Description
name	string	Yes	-	Name of the environment variable
default	string	No	-	Default value if the variable is not set

Output:

Field	Type	Description
name	string	Variable name
value	string	Variable value (or default if not set)
exists	boolean	Whether the variable exists in the environment

Example: Get HOME variable

name: HOME

Example: Get variable with default

name: MY_APP_PORT
default: 8080

Load .env File

env.load_dotenv

Load environment variables from a .env file

Parameters:

Name	Type	Required	Default	Description
path	string	Yes	.env	Path to the .env file
override	boolean	No	False	Whether to override existing environment variables

Output:

Field	Type	Description
loaded_count	number	Number of variables loaded
variables	array	List of variable names that were loaded

Example: Load .env file

path: .env
override: false

Set Environment Variable

env.set

Set an environment variable in the current process

Parameters:

Name	Type	Required	Default	Description
name	string	Yes	-	Name of the environment variable to set
value	string	Yes	-	Value to assign to the environment variable

Output:

Field	Type	Description
name	string	Variable name
value	string	New value that was set
previous_value	string	Previous value (null if not previously set)

Example: Set an environment variable

name: MY_APP_PORT
value: 3000