Storing Sensitive Information in SvelteKit using .env (without a hustle)

<blockquote> You’re a developer who embarked on a journey to build a fantastic web application with SvelteKit. As you delve into your project, you come across the challenge of securely storing sensitive information like API keys. Without hesitation, you create an account, copy the secret key, and, with a note saying: “DO NOT SHARE YOUR SECRET API KEY WITH ANYONE INCLUDING YOUR PARENTS,” you proceed to hardcode your API key into your codebase. Then, in a moment of enthusiasm, you push it to your GitHub public repository for everyone to see. Never happened to you? Oh, well… Looks like it just might have happened to a friend of mine. </blockquote> Like many developers, you might not have known about the `.env` file and its significance earlier in your development journey. You might have stored sensitive information directly in your code (never happened to me), risking the exposure of valuable secrets (also didn’t happened to me). But fret not, because it’s never too late to enhance your project’s security and organisation! <h1>What is an .env File?</h1> An .env file is a simple text file that contains key-value pairs of environment variables. These variables can be loaded into your SvelteKit application using the dotenv package, allowing you to access them via the process.env object. In SvelteKit, just like in many other JavaScript projects, you can use .env files to store sensitive information such as API keys, database credentials, and other configuration settings. These files allow you to manage your application’s configuration more efficiently and securely. <a href="https://medium.com/@mark.zapas1/storing-sensitive-information-in-sveltekit-using-env-without-a-hustle-9c673a9924aa">Website</a>