Cannot setup enviroment variables for instagram_basic_display about instagram_basic_display HOT 2 CLOSED

Hi Elina,

You can set environment variables in Ruby apps in several ways:

• You can set them in your terminal with export MY_VARIABLE=my_value. Keep in mind that those variables will be stored in your bash history, so you might want to periodically clear them out so that you're not storing sensitive information in your history.

• You can define your variables when starting your server. For example, in a Rails application: MY_VARIABLE=my_value rails s. Again, that will stay in your bash history, so be careful to clear your bash history to remove the sensitive variables.

• You can use a gem to pick up environment variables. Usually, I use the dotenv gem so that I can set environment variables for different environments in different files (e.g. .env.development for development and .env.production for production). I suggest taking a look at that gem. You would then create a .env file that contains the instagram variables.

If you would prefer another way to set the variables (perhaps just passed into the configuration), you are welcome to create a PR to do that!

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