A quick'n'easy way to use environment variables in your Django (and Python) projects.
- Free software: BSD license
If you're using
django-dotenv to get the
most out of your .env file, you want to use the values there in your
Django project's settings.
It will convert boolean, integer and float values to their native Python types.
There's nothing here that is Django specific, but I'm using it with Django so that's what I've called it.
pip install django-getenv
In your settings.py file (or equivalent), add:
from getenv import env
Then to read in your environment variables, do this:
SECRET_KEY = env("SECRET_KEY")
If you want to provide a default (in case the environment variable isn't set), try:
SECRET_KEY = env("SECRET_KEY", "a_secret_key")
You can also use getenv in a template:
- ::
{% load getenv %}
Current path: {% getenv "PATH" %}
For best results, mix with django-dotenv and dj-database-url.