Three things to note here
-
the variable should be prefixed with
REACT_APP_
eg:
REACT_APP_WEBSITE_NAME=hello
-
You need to restart the server to reflect the changes.
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Make sure you have the .env file in your root folder(same place where you have your package.json) and NOT in your src folder.
After that you can access the variable like this process.env.REACT_APP_SOME_VARIABLE
Additional tips
- No need to wrap your variable value in single or double quotes.
- Do not put semicolon
;
or comma,
at the end of each line.