NodeJS: Use Data in Raw Format from .env

I have the following code which uses Jimp package to edit the background of a file:

const file = await Jimp.read(JPGPath)
  file
    .resize(parseInt(width), parseInt(height))
    .background(process.env.JPG_BACKGROUND_COLOR)
    .write(JPGPath)

Anytime I run this code, I get an error from Jimp saying: Error: hex must be a hexadecimal rgba value"

The value of JPG_BACKGROUND_COLOR in .env is 0xFFFFFFFF which is a correct hexadecimal rgba value for Jimp

So the code works whenever i use the JPG_BACKGROUND_COLOR value directly like this:

const file = await Jimp.read(JPGPath)
  file
    .resize(parseInt(width), parseInt(height))
    .background(0xFFFFFFFF)
    .write(JPGPath)

How can I make the first code to work because i need to set the JPG_BACKGROUND_COLOR in .env

Note: console.log(process.env.JPG_BACKGROUND_COLOR) prints 0xFFFFFFFF so the value is not empty, but it is parsed to string whereas Jimp doesn't accept strings so how do i pass the value from .env raw into the Jimp package

You can use dotenv package to load variables from .env file.

As early as possible in your application, require and configure dotenv.

require('dotenv').config()

it will be enough for you. updated:

please use parseInt

file
    .resize(parseInt(width), parseInt(height))
    .background(parseInt(process.env.JPG_BACKGROUND_COLOR))
    .write(JPGPath)