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How to read in an environment variable on Netlify using a lambda function.
/**
* This was a proof of concept for me to be able to
* retrieve an API key using a Netlify environment variable
* using this lambda function. I spent a lot of time looking
* for a complete example like this--without any luck.
*
* So, here's a step-by-step of what I did.
*
* 1) For this function to work, define the env variable in
* Netlify > Site > Build & Deploy > Environment > Edit Variables
*
* 2) Place this function in your /functions directory. Add
* ./functions to your Site > Functions > Edit Settings
*
* 3) To find out how to call this, the lambda functions endpoint
* will follow this pattern.
*
* https://yourapp.netlify.com/.netlify/functions/yourfunction
*
* 4) You can verify this in your Site > Functions tab.
*
* For my proof of concept, the endpoint was
* https://myapp.netlify.com/.netlify/functions/forecast?longitude=40.7720232&latitude=-73.9732319
*
* 5) I invoked this endpoint in my app.js code that looked like this.
* Notice that I hardcoded the coordinates. I just needed to know if
* this would work. And, it did. I stopped here once I proved it worked.
*
* function getForecastFromNetwork(coords) {
* return fetch(`/.netlify/functions/forecast?longitude=40.7720232&latitude=-73.9732319`)
* .then((response) => {
* return response.json();
* })
* .catch(() => {
* return null;
* });
* }
*
* 6) I added `npm install` to my site's build command.
*/
const fetch = require('node-fetch');
/* Can do this too. See further below.
const { DARKSKY_API_KEY } = process.env;
*/
exports.handler = async (event, context) => {
try{
const latitude = event.queryStringParameters.latitude;
const longitude = event.queryStringParameters.longitude;
/**
* This lambda (aws) function has access to Netlify build env variables.
* That's how process.env.DARKSKY_API_KEY can work. There's no need to
* use dotenv or write a .env file to disk.
*/
const response = await fetch(`https://api.darksky.net/forecast/${process.env.DARKSKY_API_KEY}/${latitude},${longitude}`);
const data = await response.json();
return {
statusCode: 200,
body: JSON.stringify(data)
};
} catch (err) {
return {
statusCode: 500,
body: err.toString()
};
}
};
@gurdeep999
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Thanks for describing the process.

@mdestafadilah
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Hi @mdestafadilah,

Thanks for your comment. I don't have any plans on making a video out of this. I worked on this so long ago, and I've never needed to do it again. I created this gist only to document my proof of concept.

If I make a screencast of this process, I will let you know! :-)

mark

nice here come tobe true ... thanks for your process it.

@marklchaves
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Thanks for describing the process.

You're welcome @gurdeepsinghsaini :-)

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