Comment by Grace Frank on "Next.js 13 Route Handlers with Typescript"

Grace Frank

What if I want to use env variables, will I define it differently from the frontend?

Mary Etokwudo

I am a fullstack developer with experience in NodeJS, React, GraphQL and every other thing in-between including HTML and CSS 😀

Hi Grace! When you add the prefix NEXT_PUBLIC_ to your env variables, Next.js will make it available on the browser. For example:

NEXT_PUBLIC_GOOGLE_ANALYTICS_ID='your_google_analytics_id'

Note that it is not advisable to expose sensitive variables to the browser. Let me know if this works or not :)

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