NodeJS dotenv - Not reading string value properly

Question

I'm trying to us dotenv (https://github.com/motdotla/dotenv) in nodeJS to store the client secret value for an oauth server I'm using.

My .env file looks like the following:

clientSecret=imU86A3oPiZlyOhZybShraP377ers0MvowBaizEQ

Within the NodeJS file, I have the following:

passport.use(new PasswordGrantStrategy({
    tokenURL: 'WEBSITE_ADDRESS',
    clientID: "2",
    clientSecret: process.env.clientSecret,
    grantType: "password",

},

The problem is that I get a Token Error but, if I change it the following:

passport.use(new PasswordGrantStrategy({
    tokenURL: 'WEBSITE_ADDRESS',
    clientID: "2",
    clientSecret: "imU86A3oPiZlyOhZybShraP377ers0MvowBaizEQ",
    grantType: "password",

},

This then works perfectly fine. I don't understand what the problem could be and I've tried to cast it as a string but no such luck.

The values are both matching and I'm printing them out and they are both the same.

Answer 1

Use a backtick to wrap the string value and your life will be a breeze!

clientSecret=`imU86A3oPiZlyOhZybShraP377ers0MvowBaizEQ`