reading env in tests

[fiery rock]

i have some env in a .env file but if i try to read them when i run a test, it just dont read the variables, even though the file exists

it works perfectly if i run it in production

i cant use (*testing.T).Setenv bc the variables must be secret

[fossil matrix]

you're skipping the error, might want to check if somethings there?

might be a path issue - it doesn't look like you're running it from the same folder that file is in

[fiery rock]

the error is because a specific variable is not loading

just to make things clear, im sending an email and i need the credentials for that, which are not accessible for whatever reason

[fiery rock]

you sure? im not using relative paths and when i send an email, for example, i use the very same function to grab the data from the .env file and it works in production, even though the file is not in the same folder as the .env file

[fossil matrix]

is that not then preventing it loading any of them?

[fossil matrix]

if it's not in the same folder then you must be doing something funny with the current working dir, setting it to something else? there's no path on the .env you're telling it to read so it can only read from cwd..?

[fiery rock]

i think that what i said was a bit confusing, lemme reformulate: the error is because i have to assign the credentials (which are in the .env file) to send the email. However, if i try to read the file and load de envs using godotenv.Read, there credentials become invalid

and thats the cause of the error

[fiery rock]

i dont believe i made anything that might change the working dir and even if i did so, why would the application work when i run the server and make a request manually?

[fossil matrix]

why would they become invalid by reading them? not following 😦

[fiery rock]

i thought that the testing environment might cause something that blocks me from accessing the files

[fiery rock]

as you saw, the map containing the envs is empty

so if i tried smth like mb["API_KEY"], it would return an empty string

[fossil matrix]

yeah so whats the error saying then?

[fiery rock]

which would be invalid

[fossil matrix]

on the godotenv.Read line

we might be talking cross purposes 😄

[fiery rock]

the error that makes the test fail?

[fiery rock]

i do think that too

[fossil matrix]

gotdotenv.Read returns a map and error - you're suppressing and not checking for the error

[fiery rock]

thats true

lemme see

its pretty much what you said

open .env: The system cannot find the file specified.

but how can i solve it?

just so that you have a better vision over whats going on, the test is located in the create_test.go file

[fossil matrix]

if it's just tests, put something in to work outb where the file actually is

[fiery rock]

im sorry, but i didnt understand what you said

can you reformulate?

english is not my native language you know

[fossil matrix]

something like godotenv.Read("../../../.env") would bodge it enough? 🙂

dont know if theres a proper way to get the real repo root

[fiery rock]

i thought about doing this

and it should work, but as the application grows, it might not be the best approach

[fiery rock]

im searching for a way to get the root of the project so that it works in my machine and in case i deploy the api

something that is probably not recommended might be getting the current work dir, split it from "/src" and get only the first half

[fossil matrix]

well you're not going to deploy the tests - once you compile it the .env file will presumably live with the executable?

[fiery rock]

so if the full path is like C:/Users/x/Documents/my-app/src/... it would be only C:/Users/x/Documents/my-app

[fiery rock]

im using github actions to test the application when i push into the default branch and im not sure if the GOPATH env is set there, which could be an approach

[fossil matrix]

just found this which might help? unsure how the tests will look- https://go.dev/play/p/ifVRIq7Tx0

[fiery rock]

i was looking at the very same code lol

things might get a bit messy, but i think it will work

[fossil matrix]

failing that hope someone who knows what they're talking about stops by 😄

[fiery rock]

it worked as i expected

thank you

now i just need to try it in github actions

[fossil matrix]

gl!

[coarse mesa]

setenv sets the variable only for the application

Not the rest of the system