load ENVs from an .env file

.env.example

···
+# hostname on which you're running the Lycan server
+SERVER_HOSTNAME=lycan.feeds.blue
+
+# customizing servers we connect to
+RELAY_HOST=bsky.network
+# or: JETSTREAM_HOST=jetstream2.us-east.bsky.network
+APPVIEW_HOST=public.api.bsky.app
+
+# put your handle here
+# FIREHOSE_USER_AGENT="Lycan (@my.handle)"

.gitignore

···
+.env
 log

Gemfile

···
 
 gem 'activerecord', '~> 7.2'
 gem 'sinatra-activerecord', '~> 2.0'
+gem 'sinatra'
 gem 'pg'
 gem 'rake'
 gem 'irb'
+
 gem 'rainbow'
-
-gem 'sinatra'
+gem 'dotenv'
 
 gem 'minisky', '~> 0.5'
 gem 'didkit', '~> 0.2', git: 'https://tangled.sh/@mackuba.eu/didkit'

Gemfile.lock

···
     concurrent-ruby (1.3.5)
     connection_pool (2.5.3)
     date (3.4.1)
+    dotenv (3.1.8)
     drb (2.2.3)
     ed25519 (1.4.0)
     erb (5.0.2)
···
   bcrypt_pbkdf (>= 1.0, < 2.0)
   capistrano (~> 2.0)
   didkit (~> 0.2)!
+  dotenv
   ed25519 (>= 1.2, < 2.0)
   irb
   jwt

Rakefile

···
 require 'bundler/setup'
 require 'sinatra/activerecord'
 require 'sinatra/activerecord/rake'
+require 'dotenv/load'
 
 Rake.add_rakelib File.join(__dir__, 'lib', 'tasks')
 

app/init.rb

···
 require 'sinatra/activerecord'
+require 'dotenv/load'
 
 ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::PostgreSQLAdapter.datetime_type = :timestamptz
 RubyVM::YJIT.enable