Merge pull request #9 from yusefnapora/envfile

add example env file and update readme
Forest410 · Mar 18, 2021 · 1083ffc · 1083ffc
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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 > 🌿 Pinned all data for token id 1
 ```
 
-The `pin` command looks for a JWT access token from [Pinata](https://pinata.cloud) in the `PINATA_API_TOKEN` environment variable. Once you've obtained a token from Pinata, you can set it with a command like:
+The `pin` command looks for a JWT access token from [Pinata](https://pinata.cloud) in the `PINATA_API_TOKEN` environment variable. Once you've obtained a token from Pinata, make a file in the `config` directory called `default.env`, and edit it to look like this, with your JWT token inside the quote marks:
 
 ```shell
-export PINATA_API_TOKEN="paste token here"
+PINATA_API_TOKEN="Paste your Pinata JWT token inside the quotes!"
 ```
 
+Now Minty will be able to pin things to your Pinata account!
+
 If you'd prefer to use a different pinning service, you can edit the configuration in `config/default.js`.
diff --git a/config/default.env.example b/config/default.env.example
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+PINATA_API_TOKEN="Paste your Pinata JWT token inside the quotes!"