File .env charged but variables not working

[Wh1t3Rabyt3]

Hi,

I have create a nasa.env file, saved in the specific folder for NASA API requests.
The nasa.env contains information below:

# file: nasa.env
API_KEY=DEMO_KEY
ENV_NAME="test"
BASE_URL="https://api.nasa.gov/planetary/apod"

I have launched posting with the commande:

posting --collection mynasarequest --env nasa.env

Once in posting interface, I configured method to GET and the URL like below:

$BASE_URL?api_key=$API_KEY

Then CTRL + J and... 403 error:

{
  "error": {
    "code": "API_KEY_MISSING",
    "message": "No api_key was supplied. Get one at https://api.nasa.gov:443"
  }
}

I tried a different ways without .env file.

When I performed a request with the complete URL et API KEY (https://api.nasa.gov/planetary/apod?api_key=DEMO_KEY) same 403 error.

I used the URL without variables et API_KEY set in Request > Query (key and value) and it worked.

Can you please help me to understand why the two other ways of performing the request are not working ?

Thank's a lot mate o/

[darrenburns]

I think we just need to improve the UI around this. Ideally we'd have the URL query params and the Query tab stay in sync so that you can update either. Right now though you just need to use the Query tab, sorry.