Can not access process.env variables in component nuxt

Question

In nuxt config I have env object

env: {
    hey: process.env.hey || 'hey'
},

as soon as I want to display it in component template:

{{ process.env.hey }}

I got an error

Cannot read property 'env' of undefined

Any idea what can cause that?

Answer 1

Nuxt < 2.13

process isn't directly available to templates, but you can access it by creating a computed property or adding it to your component's state. Here's an example:

<template>
  <div>{{ message }}</div>
</template>

export default {
  computed: {
    message() {
      return process.env.hey;
    },
  },
};

Nuxt >= 2.13

You can now use the runtime config like so:

nuxt.config

export default {
  publicRuntimeConfig: {
    message: process.env.hey || 'hello world!',
  },
};

template.vue

<template>
  <div>{{ $config.message }}</div>
</template>