Lesson 11 Pinata api keys error

[DieKant]

Hi all

I'm having an issue with the pinata api, when I try to upload my files this error pops up

my keys are stored like this in my .env

export PINATA_API_KEY=d88a99cdc680f3723da6
(secret key is also stored like this)

I'm I missing something?, The code is a perfect copy of the one at this link without the final if

[cromewar]

Sometimes you should re-export the variables, also make sure you are using them on the brownie-config file. The error seems to be you are setting up the variables without "" as you see it says they must be strings.

[DieKant]

Hi , @cromewar

Thanks for the tip, I got it working by importing the keys form the .env with ${SOME_KEY} into the brownie-config file instead of using os.getenv