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api/helpers/variable/variable.go

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+package variable
+
+import (
+	"log"
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/joho/godotenv"
+)
+
+// use godot package to load/read the .env file and
+// return the value of the key
+func GetEnvVariable(key string) string {
+
+	// load .env file
+	err := godotenv.Load(".env")
+
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("Error loading .env file")
+	}
+
+	return os.Getenv(key)
+}