Re: Cannot build and serve Shopify App

Why does my Shopify app say the SHOPIFY_API_KEY environment variable is missing?

seymur_crsp
Shopify Partner
67 4 10

I've created an app and now want to deploy it, but I can't.

Steps I take to start the production server:

npm run build
cd ./web
npm run serve

It serves the app, but when I open it in the admin, this message appears:
"Your app is running without the SHOPIFY_API_KEY environment variable. Please ensure that it is set when running or building your React app."

I definitely have that environment variable in .env file in the web folder.

What can I do ?

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Replies 4 (4)

oscprofessional
Shopify Partner
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Hello @seymur_crsp 

Can you please elaborate on which server your App is hosted on?

 

And which Shopify template you are using?

 

Could you please clarify for me so that I can provide you with the solution?

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seymur_crsp
Shopify Partner
67 4 10

Thanks. I later realized it was because dotenv wasn't configured properly, so the script couldn't read environment variables.

ronikmakwana
Shopify Partner
1 0 0

Can you tell me how you configured your dotenv  properly? It's very helpful to me.

seymur_crsp
Shopify Partner
67 4 10

Yeah, so there needs to be two env files, one in web folder, one in frontend folder. And SHOPIFY_API_KEY variable needs to be in both of those files. But when deploying to a real server this probably won't be needed