Eleventy with environment variables
Environment variables are handy in Eleventy but did you know that you can use them inside your markdown files?
By using a JavaScript data file, we can expose process.env variables that might be in an .env file, your hosting provider’s dashboard, or even in your Docker setup.
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Here’s an example: The environment variable, HELLO is currently: “Hi there, I am set in an environment variable 👋”. This is called with {{ env.hello }}.
This is secret content that only shows if we’re in private mode.
This is called with {{ env.mode }}. This is great for doing special private builds of the site for people that pay for content, for example.