dotenv-prompter

cli Prompt for .env files

Usage

npm install dotenv-prompter --save-dev

create a JSON file .env.json

{
    "PORT": {
      "description": "Port of the app",
      "message": "Port is a required integer",
      "type": "integer",
      "required": true,
      "default": 3001
    },
    "DATABASE_HOST": {
      "description": "Database host",
      "message": "Database host is required",
      "type": "string",
      "required": true,
      "default": "localhost"
    },
    "PASSWORD": {
      "description": "The password",
      "message": "The password is required",
      "type": "string",
      "replace": "*",
      "required": true,
      "hidden": true
    }
}

see also https://www.npmjs.com/package/prompt

Add to your package.json, e. g.

"scripts": {
  "postinstall": "dotenv-prompter"
}

and you get an .env file in your Project. It just asks for the missing elements

Properly exclude it via .gitignore, so every dev can have individual .env file

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