find_dotenv doesn't work as expected

[voidlily]

What I did

from dotenv import find_dotenv, load_dotenv
load_dotenv(find_dotenv())

What I expected

The .env file to be loaded properly

What I got

The .env file was not found

Additional information

I print-debugged the code and found the following path when it walks up the directory tree

/usr/local/lib/python3.5/site-packages/dotenv
/usr/local/lib/python3.5/site-packages
/usr/local/lib/python3.5
/usr/local/lib
/usr/local
/usr
/

This might be from the usage of __file__ in that module.

Is this the intended behavior of find_dotenv?

[theskumar]

That's not intended behavior and sure we can use a fix. I'll have a look into it. Thanks for reporting.

[mikepqr]

I see the same behaviour. Looks like find_dotenv() is broken. I tested this on both Python 2.7 and 3.5.

$ cat .env
TEST=1234
$ cat settings.py
from dotenv import find_dotenv
print(find_dotenv())
$ python settings.py

$

Based on my limited understanding, I think you want path = os.path.abspath(inspect.stack()[-1][1]) here.

[theskumar]

@voidlily @WilliamsMJ I've added a fix for the .env finding logic. It now starts finding from the python file from where it's called, then move up the directory till /.

You can try it out by installing from latest master.

pip install --upgrade https://github.com/theskumar/python-dotenv/archive/master.zip

If things look, I'll make a new release on pypi.

Cheers,

[mikepqr]

Works for me 👍

$ cat .env
TEST=1234
$ cat settings.py
from dotenv import find_dotenv
print(find_dotenv())
$ python settings.py
/Users/mike/tmp/dotenv/.env
$

[isms]

@voidlily good catch! @theskumar that one is on me -- oops 😞

Just tested again using new master and it works for me.

[theskumar]

@isms no worries!

I've made released v0.5.1 🎉 which contains this fix.