I need help to read database connection string from .env file
The rocket docs suggests the connection is set in Rocket.toml file. I found a post stackoverflow with same problem But the solution is implemented for Rocket v0.4x and I am using version 0.5-rc
Are you thinking of the the dotenv crate? It lets you set ROCKET_DATABASES and other environment variables in a file named .env.
Not really, my application is Dockerized, I want to be able to pass the Database connection string in when running the app rather than setting it in Rocket.toml
Tae a look at Figment. Its documentation is pretty clear on how to read a config value from an environment variable. Plus it's from the creator of Rocket, so I assume that Rocket is using it as its config library.
You might consider using the config crate.
Luca Palmieri has a tutorial on setting up a database connection using the config crate in the book Zero to Production in Rust.
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