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Nuxt•3y ago
cosbgn

Why I need to add server env variables to runtimeConfig?

Could someone explain me why I need to add API_ROUTE_SECRET inside runtimeConfig? 
export default defineNuxtConfig({  
  runtimeConfig: {    // The private keys which are only available within server-side    
    API_ROUTE_SECRET: process.env.API_ROUTE_SECRET,    

    // Keys within public, will be also exposed to the client-side    
    public: {      
      apiBase: '/api'    
    }  
  }
})
export default defineNuxtConfig({  
  runtimeConfig: {    // The private keys which are only available within server-side    
    API_ROUTE_SECRET: process.env.API_ROUTE_SECRET,    

    // Keys within public, will be also exposed to the client-side    
    public: {      
      apiBase: '/api'    
    }  
  }
})
Since is only server-side I can simply access it like process.env.API_ROUTE_SECRET Why would I add it also here?
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peac•2y ago
for some reason it was not working until i prefixed the env variables with NUXT_PUBLIC_ https://nuxt.com/docs/guide/going-further/runtime-config#environment-variables
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Runtime Config · Nuxt Advanced
Nuxt provides a runtime config API to expose configuration within your application.
cosbgn
cosbgnOP•2y ago
Yeah, I've been wondering the same forever. I never add them and simply use them in my server routes as process.env.x never had an issue Doesn't make sense IMO to add them

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