Preload module in VSCode Launch debug - visual-studio-code

Question

I'm trying to configure my VSCode launch.json for my node app. My node command for starting the app uses the -r flag to preload a module (dotenv/config). How do I configure that in my launch.json? I can't figure it out.
My run command:
node -r dotenv/config server.js
My launch.json:
{
"version": "0.2.0",
"configurations": [
{
"type": "pwa-node",
"request": "launch",
"name": "My Launch",
"skipFiles": ["<node_internals>/**"],
"program": "${workspaceRoot}\\myapp\\src\\server.js",
"env": {
"MY_CONFIG_PATH": ".env"
}
}
]
}

Answer 1

I am also struggling with adding the preLoadedModules in my launch.json, but if you are just wanting to load your environment file you can add "envFile":"${workspaceFolder}/.env" to your launch.json and your app should run.
Example below:
{
"version": "0.2.0",
"configurations": [
{
"type": "node",
"request": "launch",
"name": "Launch Program",
"skipFiles": [
"<node_internals>/**"
],
"program": "${workspaceFolder}\\dist\\index.js",
"preLaunchTask": "tsc: build - tsconfig.json",
"envFile": "${workspaceFolder}/.env",
"outFiles": [
"${workspaceFolder}/dist/**/*.js"
]
}
]
}