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+API_URL=/api
+AWS_ACCESS_KEY=<your-aws-access-key>
+AWS_REGION=<your-aws-region>
+AWS_SECRET_KEY=<your-aws-secret-key>
+EMAIL_SENDER=<transactional-email-sender>
+EMAIL_VERIFY_SECRET_TOKEN=whatever_you_want_this_to_be_it_only_matters_for_production
+EXAMPLE_USER_EMAIL=examples@p5js.org
+EXAMPLE_USER_PASSWORD=hellop5js
+GG_EXAMPLES_EMAIL=benedikt.gross@generative-gestaltung.de
+GG_EXAMPLES_PASS=generativedesign
+GG_EXAMPLES_USERNAME=generative-design
+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_DOMAIN=<your-mailgun-domain>
+MAILGUN_KEY=<your-mailgun-api-key>
+MONGO_URL=mongodb://localhost:27017/p5js-web-editor
+PORT=8000
+S3_BUCKET=<your-s3-bucket>
+S3_BUCKET_URL_BASE=<alt-for-s3-url>
+SESSION_SECRET=whatever_you_want_this_to_be_it_only_matters_for_production
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