process.env.API_KEY not working on next-on-netlify deployment

[vinod-vms]

Change the code to (data || []) ?

If there is data, let it be data; otherwise an empty array.

How would this solve the problem?

This is a NOT a problem with my code.

This is a problem on how to correctly use environment variables on Netlify.

There is an earlier thread:

[Support Guide] Using environment variables on Netlify correctly

Yes, I am aware of that dotenv package. But in order to use that package we have to define the .env file in the repository to use the defined variables, which means if the repository source code is public, then anyone can have access to the environment variables.

But since I am specifically using next-on-netlify for deployment, I opened the issue.

Any help on this would be highly appreciated.

Thanks.