The latest articles on DEV Community by Nishat Tasnim Mithila (@nishat96). https://dev.to/nishat96 https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F726574%2F1afb5304-e7b0-4628-8af0-6508631c0927.jpg https://dev.to/nishat96 en Nishat Tasnim Mithila Fri, 15 Oct 2021 15:16:18 +0000 https://dev.to/nishat96/answer-error-secretorprivatekey-must-have-a-value-2a00 https://dev.to/nishat96/answer-error-secretorprivatekey-must-have-a-value-2a00 <div class="ltag__stackexchange--container"> <div class="ltag__stackexchange--title-container"> <div class="ltag__stackexchange--title"> <div class="ltag__stackexchange--header"> <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--AoTUKOcU--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_800/https://dev.to/assets/stackoverflow-logo-b42691ae545e4810b105ee957979a853a696085e67e43ee14c5699cf3e890fb4.svg" alt=""> <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/58673430/error-secretorprivatekey-must-have-a-value/58674573#58674573" rel="noopener noreferrer"> <span class="title-flare">answer</span> re: Error: secretOrPrivateKey must have a value </a> </div> <div class="ltag__stackexchange--post-metadata"> <span>Nov 2 '19</span> </div> </div> <a class="ltag__stackexchange--score-container" href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/58673430/error-secretorprivatekey-must-have-a-value/58674573#58674573" rel="noopener noreferrer"> <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--oeieW07A--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_800/https://dev.to/assets/stackexchange-arrow-up-eff2e2849e67d156181d258e38802c0b57fa011f74164a7f97675ca3b6ab756b.svg" alt=""> <div class="ltag__stackexchange--score-number"> 62 </div> <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--h2-sXgSn--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_800/https://dev.to/assets/stackexchange-arrow-down-4349fac0dd932d284fab7e4dd9846f19a3710558efde0d2dfd05897f3eeb9aba.svg" alt=""> </a> </div> <div class="ltag__stackexchange--body"> <p>It looks like your application can't read the environment variable properly.</p> <p>I don't know which package you are using to load environment variables but the simplest way is using <strong>dotenv</strong> package.</p> <p>After installing it with npm i dotenv, import it as early as possible in your application main file like…</p> </div> <div class="ltag__stackexchange--btn--container"> <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/58673430/error-secretorprivatekey-must-have-a-value/58674573#58674573" class="ltag__stackexchange--btn" rel="noopener noreferrer">Open Full Answer</a> </div> </div> node javascript angular postgres