Dotenv Parser

A simple Lua module to load environment variables from a .env file.

Installation

You can install the dotenv module using LuaRocks:

luarocks install dotenv

Usage

require "dotenv".config()

print(os.getenv("MY_VARIABLE")) 
print(os.getenv("ANOTHER_VARIABLE")) 

Example .env file

MY_VARIABLE=HelloWorld
ANOTHER_VARIABLE=42

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.

Features

• Loads environment variables from a .env file.
• Supports comments and blank lines.
• Handles quoted values.
• Automatically trims whitespace around keys and values.
• Supports multi-line values.