npm package for NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED environment variable

Question

Hello for nodejs programming, I am using visual studio community 2015 with node js tools. That environment does not have NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED process.env variable. What is the package to install NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED variable?

Answer 1

There is no package for environment variables, you just set them or not in your shell environment. For Windows if you wanted to set it you'd first do:

set NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED=1
node foo.js

For *nix you could do something like:

NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED=1 node foo.js

or to make it persistent for the duration of the shell session:

export NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED=1
node foo.js

However you really should avoid the rejectUnauthorized setting and if applicable, instead supply the self-signed CA when making https requests.