📦 simple-env-reader

A lightweight utility to safely read environment variables in Node.js with fallback support and strict checks.

📦 Install

npm install simple-env-reader

🔧 Why Use It?

• ✅ Safe access to process.env
• ✅ Throws error if any key is missing
• ✅ Optional fallback values
• ✅ Dependency-free, simple, and production-safe

🚀 Usage

// index.js
require("dotenv").config(); // Optional
const { getEnv } = require("simple-env-reader");

const env = getEnv(["PORT", "DB_URL"], {
  PORT: "3000"
});

console.log("Loaded Env:", env);

✅ Example .env

DB_URL=mongodb://localhost:27017/myapp

🖥️ Output

Loaded Env: { PORT: '3000', DB_URL: 'mongodb://localhost:27017/myapp' }