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+API_URL=/api
+MONGO_URL=mongodb://localhost:27017/p5js-web-editor
+PORT=8000
+SESSION_SECRET=whatever_you_want_this_to_be_it_only_matters_for_production
+AWS_ACCESS_KEY=<your-aws-access-key>
+AWS_SECRET_KEY=<your-aws-secret-key>
+AWS_REGION=<your-aws-region>
+S3_BUCKET=<your-s3-bucket>
+GITHUB_ID=<your-github-client-id>
+GITHUB_SECRET=<your-github-client-secret>
+GOOGLE_ID=<your-google-client-id> (use google+ api)
+GOOGLE_SECRET=<your-google-client-secret> (use google+ api)
+MAILGUN_KEY=<your-mailgun-api-key>
+EXAMPLE_USERNAME=<your-name>
+EXAMPLE_USER_EMAIL=<your-email-id>
+EXAMPLE_USER_PASSWORD=<your-password>
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