Is it possible to run Ktor in development mode fro...

# ktor

[hellman]

Is it possible to run Ktor in development mode from Gradle and provide a .env file?

[hellman]

I've only been able to do it from the IntelliJ runner

[Hristijan]

ktor {
    development = true
    development = ${?DEVELOPMENT}
    deployment {
        port = 8080
        port = ${?PORT}
        watch = [ classes, resources ]
    }
    application {
        modules = [ server.BackendKt.module ]
    }
}

[hellman]

That doesn't make it read the .env file.

[Hristijan]

this references .env file vars

[Hristijan]

that’s how my docker feeds the vars in the conf

[hellman]

I have the exact same section in my application.conf (except for the modules part) and it does not read the .env file

[hellman]

How do run the app with gradle?

[Aleksei Tirman [JB]]

Unfortunately, neither the Ktor plugin nor Gradle (https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/24976) read the .env files.

[Hristijan]

oh my bad, i am using the https://github.com/cdimascio/dotenv-kotlin sorry for misguiding you

[hellman]

@Aleksei Tirman [JB] That's unfortunate, but thanks for confirming.