nuxt-env-shim inject env vars for your Nuxt app at runtime

Why

See https://github.com/nuxt/nuxt.js/issues/5100

This module, heavily inspired by samtgarson/nuxt-env, makes runtime environmental variables injection work both in unviversal in SPA mode. It also provides shims for some other nuxt modules to work with runtime environmental variables (currently, only @nuxtjs/axios).

⚠ WARNING: As with the config.env option in Nuxt config, environment variables used in nuxt-env-shim are exposed client side, so if you store secrets use the secret config option. Read more below. ⚠

Usage

nuxt-env-shim injects your environment variables into your Nuxt app using this.$env.

N.B. If currently use Nuxt's config.env option, fear not—nuxt-env includes those env vars in the $env object.

Get Setup

1. Install the dependency:

yarn add nuxt-env-shim

2. Add to your nuxt.config.js and configure:

// nuxt.config.js

// Tell nuxt-env which env vars you want to inject
modules: [
  ['nuxt-env-shim', {
    keys: [
      'TEST_ENV_VAR', // Basic usage—equivalent of { key: 'TEST_ENV_VAR' }
      { key: 'OTHER_ENV_VAR', default: 'defaultValue' }, // Specify a default value
      { key: 'THIRD_ENV_VAR', secret: true }, // Only inject the var server side
      { key: 'ANOTHER_ENV_VAR', name: 'MY_ENV_VAR' }, // Rename the variable
    ]
  }]
]

Options

Env vars can be injected in a basic way, just by specifying a string in the keys option. When the provided var is an object, it can have the following attributes:

key

required

The name of the environment variable by which it can be accessed in process.env

default

A default value for the env var in case it's not present in process.env.

secret

default: false

When true, this key will only be present server side.

name

Change the name of the env var that gets injected. e.g.: { key: 'API_URL', name: 'API_ENDPOINT' } will read process.env.API_URL and add it as $env.API_ENDPOINT

Shims

Shims can be enabled by setting corresponding boolean flags in the shimModules option:

modules: [
  ['nuxt-env-shim', {
    shimModules: {
      // exposes runtime environment variables API_HOST, API_PORT, API_PREFIX, API_URL and API_URL_BROWSER
      // and instructs axios module correspondingly
      axios: true,
    },
  }],
]

Shims are provided for some other nuxt modules. This is how you can enable shim for the axios module:

Use in your application

• Use this.$env in your components:

// any-component.vue

export default {
  computed: {
    testValue () { return this.$env.TEST_VALUE }
  }
}

• and in your Nuxt context

// any-component.vue

export default {
  asyncData ({ app }) {
    console.log(app.$env.TEST_VALUE)
  }
}

• and in your store:

// store/index.js

export const mutations = {
  storeEnv (commit) {
    const val = this.$env.TEST_VALUE
    commit('testValue', val)
  }
}

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/simplesmiler/nuxt-env-shim. This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the Contributor Covenant code of conduct.

Thanks

• Many thanks to Evan You and the VueJS team for sustaining such a vibrant and supportive community around Vue JS
• Many thanks also Alex Chopin, Sébastien Chopin, Pooya Parsa and the other Nuxt contributors for creating this awesome library
• Many thanks also Sam Garson for creating the original nuxt-env

License

The module is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.