Loading Environment Variables From .env File - gecko-8/devwiki GitHub Wiki

Note: Uses this package - DotNetEnv

1. Add the DotNetEnv package from Nuget.
2. Open your Program.cs file.
3. Add a ConfigureAppConfiguration call to your WebHost.CreateDefaultBuilder(args) call in CreateWebHostBuilder.

   ConfigureAppConfiguration((hostingContext, config) =>
   {
       DotNetEnv.Env.Load("../../.env");
   }).
   

   Note: The file path should be relative to the location of your Program.cs file.
   Note: It's important to do it this way say that Code-First Migrations work.