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What is Ruby Dotenv and how do I use it?

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What is Ruby Dotenv and how do I use it?

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Ruby Dotenv is a gem that loads environment variables from a .env file into your Ruby application. It helps manage configuration settings.

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How do I install Ruby Dotenv?

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You can install it by adding gem 'dotenv' to your Gemfile and running bundle install. Alternatively, you can install it directly using gem install dotenv.

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Can you show me an example of a .env file?

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MagicBuddy

Sure! A .env file might look like this:

DATABASE_URL=postgres://user:password@localhost/dbname
API_KEY=your_api_key_here

Just make sure to add .env to your .gitignore file!

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How do I access these variables in my Ruby code?

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MagicBuddy

You can access the variables using ENV['VARIABLE_NAME']. For example, ENV['DATABASE_URL'] will give you the database URL.

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