created a .env to store secrets

davidfoo07 · davidfoo07 · commit 5f02a1e3c85f · 2025-09-18T17:41:34.000+08:00
diff --git a/services/user-service/.env.example b/services/user-service/.env.example
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# Copy this file to .env and fill in your own values
+GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS="path/to/your/serviceAccountKey.json"
diff --git a/services/user-service/firebase-admin-config.js b/services/user-service/firebase-admin-config.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
+require("dotenv").config();
 const admin = require("firebase-admin");
 
-const serviceAccount = require("./serviceAccountKey.json");
+const serviceAccount = process.env.GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS;
 
 admin.initializeApp({
     credential: admin.credential.cert(serviceAccount),
diff --git a/services/user-service/package-lock.json b/services/user-service/package-lock.json
diff --git a/services/user-service/package.json b/services/user-service/package.json
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
   "type": "commonjs",
   "dependencies": {
     "cors": "^2.8.5",
+    "dotenv": "^17.2.2",
     "express": "^5.1.0",
     "firebase-admin": "^13.5.0",
     "http-proxy-middleware": "^3.0.5"

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	`1`	`+# Copy this file to .env and fill in your own values`
	`2`	`+GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS="path/to/your/serviceAccountKey.json"`