How do I give multiple JavaScript objects across multiple files access to same private variable?

Question

If I want to span my JavaScript project across multiple source files, but have each file have access to the same private variable, how would one do that?

For example

Answer 1

One way I was able to accomplish this was to create a JS file that contained the global object.

// Define a global object to contain all environment and security variables

   var envGlobalObj = {
      appDatabase:      process.env.YCAPPDATABASEURL,
      sessionDatabase:  process.env.YCSESSIONDATABASEURL,
      secretPhrase:     process.env.YCSECRETPHRASE,
      appEmailAddress:  process.env.YCAPPEMAILADDRESS,
      appEmailPassword: process.env.YCAPPEMAILPASSWORD
   }
 module.exports = envGlobalObj

Then in the files I wish to reference this object, I added a require statement.

 var envGlobalObj = require("./envGlobalObj.js");

This allowed me to centralize the environment and secrect variables.