From a7139ddf3d7a0f02e5f59d17b9706f9db3af97e7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mattias van den Belt <mattias@taskhero.nl>
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2020 12:25:56 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md for using .env

---
 README.md | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f12bc68..b247523 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ module.exports = ({ env }) => ({
     providerOptions: {
       username: 'myemail@example.com',
       clientId: env('EMAIL_CLIENT_ID'),
-      privateKey: env('EMAIL_PRIVATE_KEY'),
+      privateKey: env('EMAIL_PRIVATE_KEY').replace(/\\n/g, '\n'),
     },
     settings: {
       defaultFrom: 'myemail@example.com',
@@ -56,6 +56,12 @@ module.exports = ({ env }) => ({
 });
 ```
 
+**TIP:** When using environment variables for your privateKey, as in the example above, include all the `\n` in you .env file, like so:
+```..env
+EMAIL_PRIVATE_KEY="-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----\nAbC...xYz\n-----END PRIVATE KEY-----\n"
+```
+
+
 ### G Suite
 When using G Suite follow these steps authorize the right scopes:
 1) Go to G Suite admin dashboard > Security > Advanced settings > [Manage domain-wide delegation](https://admin.google.com/ac/owl/domainwidedelegation)