From 4c43806419d441ffd7f870ce5357081577c1ad72 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nettika <git@nettika.cat>
Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2026 15:38:14 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Support dotenv files

---
 .env.example | 6 ++++++
 .gitignore   | 1 +
 Cargo.lock   | 7 +++++++
 Cargo.toml   | 1 +
 TODO.md      | 2 +-
 src/main.rs  | 3 +++
 6 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 .env.example

diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fb4dc72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# Example environment variables for makeprogress
+# Copy this file to .env and update with your values
+
+# Authentication credentials
+USERNAME=admin
+PASSWORD=changeme
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b82c298..bb67038 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 /target
 projects.db
+.env
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 83aea59..1e2cdf1 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -183,6 +183,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "dotenvy"
+version = "0.15.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1aaf95b3e5c8f23aa320147307562d361db0ae0d51242340f558153b4eb2439b"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "errno"
 version = "0.3.14"
@@ -497,6 +503,7 @@ checksum = "5e5032e24019045c762d3c0f28f5b6b8bbf38563a65908389bf7978758920897"
 name = "makeprogress"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "dotenvy",
  "maud",
  "rouille",
  "rusqlite",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 4487223..6b796bd 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ edition = "2024"
 rouille = "3.6"
 rusqlite = { version = "0.32", features = ["bundled"] }
 maud = "0.26"
+dotenvy = "0.15"
diff --git a/TODO.md b/TODO.md
index e2751d5..f45599e 100644
--- a/TODO.md
+++ b/TODO.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 [x] Create a `GET /projects` endpoint. Using Maud for markup generation, have this endpoint return an HTML page that shows all projects. Each project should be a `project-card` web component. Keep the page simple: no title or any buttons currently.
 [x] Create a `POST /projects` endpoint that accepts URL encoded data and creates a new project.
 [x] Create a `GET /new-project` endpoint that returns a HTML page with a project creation form. Keep it simple.
-[ ] Add .env file support using the dotenv crate. Load environment variables on server startup.
+[x] Add .env file support using the dotenv crate. Load environment variables on server startup.
 [ ] Create a `GET /login` endpoint that returns a simple HTML login form (username and password fields).
 [ ] Create a `POST /login` endpoint that validates credentials against USERNAME and PASSWORD environment variables. On success, set a session cookie.
 [ ] Implement session management. Create a simple in-memory session store that tracks authenticated sessions by cookie token.
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 5bbc2ed..f9ac956 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ mod project;
 const STALE_AGE: i64 = 30 * 24 * 60 * 60; // 30 days in seconds
 
 fn main() {
+    // Load environment variables from .env file if it exists
+    dotenvy::dotenv().ok();
+
     println!("Starting server on localhost:8080");
 
     rouille::start_server("localhost:8080", move |request| {