Making ENV variables accessible in development

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When storing sensitive credentials I normally create a yml file and load it like so in my development.rb

APP_CONFIG = YAML.load_file("#{Rails.root}/config/config.yml")[Rails.env]

I can then access like so

APP_CONFIG["google_secret"]

Problem is Heroku doesn't like this so i need to set ENV variables locally to make integration easier. so i have created a env.rb file like so

ENV['google_key'] = 'xxx'
ENV['google_secret'] = 'xxx'
ENV['application_key'] = 'xxx'

and to accesss it i thought i could use

x = ENV['application_key']

But its not finding the variable, how do I load them in the development environment?

Thanks

Please make sure that you have put the env.rb file in initializers folder. — Kashif Umair Liaqat
– Kashif Umair Liaqat, Commented Apr 1, 2013 at 12:09
i put my env.rb file in the config folder, is this not correct? — Richlewis
– Richlewis, Commented Apr 1, 2013 at 13:49
It's upto your requirements. If you don't want to push the file to heroku then you should add it to .gitignore file. — Kashif Umair Liaqat
– Kashif Umair Liaqat, Commented Apr 1, 2013 at 14:07

Kashif Umair Liaqat · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-01 14:34:53Z

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You should put the env.rb file in initializers folder. You can add env.rb file to .gitignore file if you don't want to push it to heroku.

answered Apr 1, 2013 at 14:34

Kashif Umair Liaqat

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Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 10:32:10Z

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Have you considered using Figaro to do this? Figaro was inspired by Heroku's secret key application configuration, so it's really easy to make secret ENV variables in development accessible in Heroku production environments.

I wrote up an answer on this StackOverflow thread about hiding secret info in Rails (using Figaro) that can hopefully serve of some reference to you as well.

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answered Apr 1, 2013 at 12:09

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