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Using env vars with secret values via `apify secrets:add`, `actor.json`, and default start script

The documentation (https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs/vars) doesn't touch on how you access any environment variables set in actor.json in an actor's source–I'm using the monorepo example repository.

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sshovelandsandbox

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// actor.json
{
  // ...rest of actor.json
  "environmentVariables": {
    "PROXY_PASSWORD": "@proxy_password"
  },
}

sshovelandsandbox

I set my proxy_password secret via apify secrets:add proxy_password ...

sshovelandsandbox

I'm attempting to access the env var via process.env.PROXY_PASSWORD, and the start script is node --no-warnings --experimental-specifier-resolution=node --loader ../../module_loader.js src/index.ts

sshovelandsandbox

what am I missing here?

sshovelandsandbox

the CLI's help for secrets suggests that environment variables defined in actor.json are not available during local development:

  When the actor is pushed to Apify cloud, the "SECRET_ENV_VAR" and its value is stored as a secret environment variable of the actor.

sshovelandsandbox

If that's the case, what is the recommended approach for achieving this in local dev so that it plays nicely with being deployed?

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