PGPASSFILE not working in Node.js

I created a .pgpass file in the user's home directory:

vi ~/.pgpass\

I added the connection details:

182.10.203.23:5432:database:username:verystrongpass\

I then tested the connection using psql and it successfully connects to the database using the credentials from the file:

psql

Next, I prepared the development environment:

1. Created a .env file to set up the environment:
   NODE_ENV=development
   PGPASSFILE=/home/username/.pgpass

2. Installed the postgres npm package:

npm install postgres

4. Created a JavaScript file (test.mjs) to connect to the database:

import postgres from 'postgres'
const sql = postgres()
const data = await sqlselect * from mytable
console.log(data)

4 Ran the script

node --env-file=.env test.mjs

I got the following error:

Error: connect ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:5432

This indicates that it is trying to connect using the default localhost:5432 connection and not using the configuration from .pgpass.

How can I configure the connection to read from PGPASSFILE?

Start by reproducing the connection from test.mjs with the provided .env file and the node --env-file=.env test.mjs command. Trace how postgres() obtains connection settings and handles PGPASSFILE; done means the script uses the .pgpass credentials instead of falling back to 127.0.0.1:5432.