cant find .env file? about chatgpt-telegram

[banghia112]

@roa-beep i tried renaming it using terminal but i got the same error

[viraj89]

Could you see if this works?

Not working buddy! What next steps from your side on this project?

2023/01/21 03:06:21 Started ChatGPT
2023/01/21 03:06:21 config file .env does not exist, using env variables
2023/01/21 03:06:21 Invalid .env config: TELEGRAM_TOKEN is not set

Despite following all the said, getting this thing and it's really concerning. @m1guelpf - please take note of the time people are spending on this project. Please intervene and help the community as an owner.

[Maki9009]

@missuo but the .env file isn't hidden, I'm using the windows build. when i got the example file, it was called env, i opened it and i added my ID and Token to it, and renamed it to .env and its not working

[ashishbhateja]

Same issue on the mac. Renamed the file to .env but keep getting file not found error

[abdcef]

If you're on a mac, you have to first press "cmd + shift + period" to show/hide hidden files.

Once hidden files are shown, you can rename the file to ".env".

It won't let you do it because files that start with "." are protected when hidden files are hidden.

Yes, I have tried it and it is named correctly. The issue persists.

[zweny]

Could you see if this works?
After modifying the read & write permissions, The “can not find .env " issue persists.

[kkchaikk]

This is a really terrible project, and in the face of this bug, it has not been fixed so far.

[Hormold]

Check path to directory, if it has spaces, move folder to more short path location.

[Maki9009]

@Hormold its in a directory that doesnt have spaces? but ill try it out on my C drive i guess

[Maki9009]

yeah its the same issue on my C drive desktop

[Maki9009]

i basically ran the program.. it did the installation of playwright and then when i tried to login using google for OpenAi it gave me an insecure error, so i close the powershell, and added my ChatGPT cookie in that json file. but now when i run the ./chatgpt-telegram. it says it cant find the .env file

[missuo]

You need to know that, by default, files starting with . file is hidden. You can open it and modify it directly by using the command vi .env to create it.

[Maki9009]

same test it out on mac also same issue

[Maki9009]

I fixed it, i had to manually rename the .env file in using the terminal, because when you rename normally it doesn't work

[roa-beep]

use ur terminal and go to the directory where env.example is then use the following command:

mv env.example .env

[rduke1982]

If you're on a mac, you have to first press "cmd + shift + period" to show/hide hidden files.

Once hidden files are shown, you can rename the file to ".env".

It won't let you do it because files that start with "." are protected when hidden files are hidden.

[m1guelpf]

Could you see if this works?

[VDAODAO]

Same issue here. Correctly renamed .env file (checked in More info), the program can't find it.

[qinwanjie]

same issue

[qinwanjie]

if some had fix it,please let me konw

[dop1e]

same problem:
config file .env does not exist, using env variables
Invalid .env config: TELEGRAM_TOKEN is not set

[astroschen]

window can name the env.example file .env