Drizzle Team•13mo ago

Drizzle-kit can't load env file via t3-env

I'd like to use t3-env to validate my env variables in my Drizzle config file. I've tried importing t3-env in the config.ts file, but I'm hit with the error SyntaxError: Cannot use import statement outside a module in env.mjs, which I find odd since it is explicitly marked as an ES module. Other than this, t3-env works fine with drizzle-orm. Full Error:

Reading config file 'F:\Projects\PROJECTNAME\drizzle.config.ts'
F:\Projects\PROJECTNAME\src\env.mjs:2
import { createEnv } from "@t3-oss/env-nextjs";
^^^^^^

SyntaxError: Cannot use import statement outside a module
    at Object.compileFunction (node:vm:360:18)
    at wrapSafe (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1048:15)
    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1083:27)
    at Module._compile (F:\Projects\PROJECTNAME\node_modules\.pnpm\drizzle-kit@0.18.1\node_modules\drizzle-kit\index.js:16334:30)
    at Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1173:10)
    at Object.newLoader [as .mjs] (F:\Projects\PROJECTNAME\node_modules\.pnpm\drizzle-kit@0.18.1\node_modules\drizzle-kit\index.js:16338:13)
    at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:997:32)
    at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:838:12)
    at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1021:19)
    at require (node:internal/modules/cjs/helpers:103:18)

Node.js v18.9.0

Reading config file 'F:\Projects\PROJECTNAME\drizzle.config.ts'
F:\Projects\PROJECTNAME\src\env.mjs:2
import { createEnv } from "@t3-oss/env-nextjs";
^^^^^^

SyntaxError: Cannot use import statement outside a module
    at Object.compileFunction (node:vm:360:18)
    at wrapSafe (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1048:15)
    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1083:27)
    at Module._compile (F:\Projects\PROJECTNAME\node_modules\.pnpm\drizzle-kit@0.18.1\node_modules\drizzle-kit\index.js:16334:30)
    at Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1173:10)
    at Object.newLoader [as .mjs] (F:\Projects\PROJECTNAME\node_modules\.pnpm\drizzle-kit@0.18.1\node_modules\drizzle-kit\index.js:16338:13)
    at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:997:32)
    at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:838:12)
    at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1021:19)
    at require (node:internal/modules/cjs/helpers:103:18)

Node.js v18.9.0

This is my Drizzle config file:

import type { Config } from "drizzle-kit";
import { env } from "~/env.mjs";

export default {
  schema: "./src/server/schema.ts",
  out: "./drizzle",
  connectionString: env.DATABASE_URL,
} satisfies Config;

import type { Config } from "drizzle-kit";
import { env } from "~/env.mjs";

export default {
  schema: "./src/server/schema.ts",
  out: "./drizzle",
  connectionString: env.DATABASE_URL,
} satisfies Config;

I am I doing something wrong or is this just something drizzle-kit does not support atm?

12 Replies

D3.M4.R•13mo ago

Hi! Just a regular developer over here, did you manage to solve or workaround this issue?

dandadan•13mo ago

few questions: - whats your build/dev script - values of module and target inside tsconfig.json - value of type inside package.json (if set) my best guess atm is youre compiling the code into commonjs and the .mjs file was not included in the compilation easiest fix would probably be to just use typescript for ~/env.ts, main reason why they outsourced the package was to be able to use typescript instead of jsdoc in the env config file without messing around with too many options in the different config files (IIRC)

KIPRI 🚀•12mo ago

Hello. I'm having a similar problem, but, in my case, it seems that the env variables that I have set are not being read so I'm getting a "missing env variables" error from the createEnv func. Is there any way I can make drizzle-kit manually import env variables? Debugging this I can confirm that the env variables get loaded when building, npm run build . The only time they don't get read is when trying to push, generate, etc. using drizzle-kit.

Asseater Peter•12mo ago

Yes ofcourse, you can manually import process.env using something like

import 'dotenv/config'

import 'dotenv/config'

KIPRI 🚀•12mo ago

Well yes, I’ve tried that and no dice.

Asseater Peter•12mo ago

That is currently in use in an app for me, so the general concept works for sure. are your env variables stored in .env or are you using NextJS with .env.local?

KIPRI 🚀•12mo ago

Ofc I try it a second time and it’s working. 🫠 possible issue was I was not using dotenv at the correct step.

Asseater Peter•12mo ago

Could be ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Well, as long as it's working...

KIPRI 🚀•12mo ago

Thank you for helping!

Asseater Peter•11mo ago

Anytime. btw, don't forget to mark the thread as done for my OCD's sake @sturlen

Sturlen•11mo ago

the underlying problem is that drizzle-kit support for esm is not working yet, which was confirmed by Andrii Sherman in a another server (it did for a while, but they rolled it back. dotenv is the workaround I'm using for now as well, but the underlying problem is not solved answer source: https://www.answeroverflow.com/m/1117762215353790484

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Asseater Peter•11mo ago

Oh absolutely. However, if you use @t3-oss/env-core you can import it into your drizzle.config.ts file without any issues Also, as drizzle-kit is only a dev tool anyways, I personally don't mind giving it its own settings in my NextJS app

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