Invalid enviroment Variables on startup

[DraTrav]

Describe the bug on startup the bot fails to load the config and prevents the bot from working at all

To Reproduce 1.Start the bot

2. Get error

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Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS: Debian 11
• Node.js Version(Should be v16 at least): 19.7
• Is python 2.7 installed?: yes
• How are you hosting the bot(Locally, on a vps, heroku, glitch...): Locally

[Bacon-Fixation]

Howdy @DraTrav,

double check and make sure "$" character is not used as a value for variables in the .env

Edit: I missed the bottom of the error NEXT_PUBLIC_INVITE_URL is missing or invalid in the .env file, you can add

NEXT_PUBLIC_INVITE_URL="https://discord.com/api/oauth2/authorize?client_id=yourclientid&permissions=8&scope=bot" 

and replace the text yourclientid in the url with your DISCORD_CLIENT_ID info that is listed in the .env should be good

A full example of the .env can be found here

I hope this help

Much Love -Bacon

[Bacon-Fixation]

The other thing to try if everything is correct in the .env, is using the LTS (Long Term Support) version of nodejs (18.14.2) instead of Latest (19.xx.x)

Much Love -Bacon

[DraTrav]

I had a $ in the password for the database password, removing it fixed the "NEXT_PUBLIC_INVITE_URL" error and the bot started up properly!