BREAKING: remove dotenv

README.md

@@ -203,7 +203,9 @@ just add the following `server.js`:
 'use strict'
 
 // Read the .env file.
-require('dotenv').config()
+try {
+  process.loadEnvFile()
+} catch {}
 
 // Require the framework
 const Fastify = require('fastify')

args.js

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 'use strict'
 
 const argv = require('yargs-parser')
-const dotenv = require('dotenv')
 const { requireModule } = require('./util')
+const { safeParse } = require('./env-parser')
 
 const DEFAULT_IGNORE = 'node_modules build dist .git bower_components logs .swp .nyc_output'
 
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ const DEFAULT_ARGUMENTS = {
 }
 
 module.exports = function parseArgs (args) {
-  dotenv.config()
+  safeParse()
   const commandLineArguments = argv(args, {
     configuration: {
       'populate--': true

env-parser.js

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+module.exports = {
+  safeParse: () => {
+    try {
+      process.loadEnvFile()
+    } catch { }
+  }
+}

generate-swagger.js

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ const {
   showHelpForCommand
 } = require('./util')
 const fp = require('fastify-plugin')
+const { safeParse } = require('./env-parser')
 
 let Fastify = null
 
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ async function generateSwagger (args) {
 }
 
 async function runFastify (opts) {
-  require('dotenv').config()
+  safeParse()
 
   let file = null
 

lib/watch/index.js

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ const { GRACEFUL_SHUT } = require('./constants.js')
 
 const EventEmitter = require('node:events')
 const chokidar = require('chokidar')
+const { safeParse } = require('../../env-parser.js')
 const forkPath = path.join(__dirname, './fork.js')
 
 const watch = function (args, ignoreWatch, verboseWatch) {
@@ -39,7 +40,8 @@ const watch = function (args, ignoreWatch, verboseWatch) {
 
   const run = (event) => {
     const childEvent = { childEvent: event }
-    const env = Object.assign({}, require('dotenv').config().parsed, process.env, childEvent)
+    safeParse()
+    const env = Object.assign({}, process.env, childEvent)
     const _child = cp.fork(forkPath, args, {
       env,
       cwd: process.cwd(),

package.json

@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@
     "chokidar": "^4.0.0",
     "close-with-grace": "^2.1.0",
     "commist": "^3.0.0",
-    "dotenv": "^16.0.0",
     "fastify": "^5.0.0",
     "fastify-plugin": "^5.0.0",
     "generify": "^4.0.0",

print-plugins.js

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 'use strict'
 
 const parseArgs = require('./args')
+const { safeParse } = require('./env-parser')
 const log = require('./log')
 const {
   exit,
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ function printPlugins (args) {
 }
 
 async function runFastify (opts) {
-  require('dotenv').config()
+  safeParse()
 
   let file = null
 

print-routes.js

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 'use strict'
 
 const parseArgs = require('./args')
+const { safeParse } = require('./env-parser')
 const log = require('./log')
 const {
   exit,
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ function printRoutes (args) {
 }
 
 async function runFastify (opts) {
-  require('dotenv').config()
+  safeParse()
 
   let file = null
 

start.js

@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@
 
 'use strict'
 
-require('dotenv').config()
+const { safeParse } = require('./env-parser')
+safeParse()
 const isDocker = require('is-docker')
+
 const closeWithGrace = require('close-with-grace')
 const deepmerge = require('@fastify/deepmerge')({
   cloneProtoObject (obj) { return obj }

templates/eject-esm/server.js

@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-// Read the .env file.
-import * as dotenv from 'dotenv'
-
 // Require the framework
 import Fastify from 'fastify'
 
@@ -11,7 +8,9 @@ import closeWithGrace from 'close-with-grace'
 import appService from './app.js'
 
 // Dotenv config
-dotenv.config()
+try {
+  process.loadEnvFile()
+} catch {}
 
 // Instantiate Fastify with some config
 const app = Fastify({

templates/eject-ts/server.ts

@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
-// Read the .env file.
-import * as dotenv from 'dotenv'
-
 // Require the framework
 import Fastify from 'fastify'
 
 // Require library to exit fastify process, gracefully (if possible)
 import closeWithGrace from 'close-with-grace'
-dotenv.config()
+try {
+  process.loadEnvFile()
+} catch {}
 
 // Instantiate Fastify with some config
 const app = Fastify({

templates/eject/server.js

@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 'use strict'
 
 // Read the .env file.
-require('dotenv').config()
+try {
+  process.loadEnvFile()
+} catch {}
 
 // Require the framework
 const Fastify = require('fastify')

test/start.test.js

@@ -520,14 +520,11 @@ test('should start the server at the given prefix (using env var)', async t => {
 test('should start the server at the given prefix (using env var read from dotenv)', async t => {
   t.plan(3)
 
-  const start = proxyquire('../start', {
-    dotenv: {
-      config () {
-        t.pass('config called')
-        process.env.FASTIFY_PORT = 8080
-      }
-    }
+  sinon.stub(process, 'loadEnvFile').callsFake(() => {
+    t.pass('config called')
+    process.env.FASTIFY_PORT = 8080
   })
+
   const argv = ['./examples/plugin.js']
   const fastify = await start.start(argv)
   t.equal(fastify.server.address().port, 8080)