From ad6b36143e1754d518a2ca8f1465131024dceb29 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: yangdx <gzdaniel@me.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2025 10:59:09 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] Update .env loading and add API authentication to RAG
 evaluator
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• Load .env from current directory
• Support LIGHTRAG_API_KEY auth header
• Override=False for env precedence
• Add Bearer token to API requests
• Enable per-instance .env configs

(cherry picked from commit 72db04266755d96fba838e1b54891c6c5ed86deb)
---
 env.example | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/env.example b/env.example
index 73f2d7b7..7a41daa4 100644
--- a/env.example
+++ b/env.example
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ OLLAMA_EMULATING_MODEL_TAG=latest
 # JWT_ALGORITHM=HS256
 
 ### API-Key to access LightRAG Server API
+### Use this key in HTTP requests with the 'X-API-Key' header
+### Example: curl -H "X-API-Key: your-secure-api-key-here" http://localhost:9621/query
 # LIGHTRAG_API_KEY=your-secure-api-key-here
 # WHITELIST_PATHS=/health,/api/*