safe-env-util

A tiny utility to safely access environment variables in Node.js.

It provides:

• Clear error messages when required variables are missing
• Optional fallback values
• Warnings when fallbacks are used

This ensures your app never silently fails due to missing environment variables.

Installation

npm install safe-env-util

CommonJS Usage

const { getEnv } = require('safe-env-util')

const port = getEnv('PORT',3000)

ES Module Usage

import safeEnv from 'safe-env-util'

const { getEnv } = safeEnv