# Access environment variables db_host = os.getenv('DB_HOST') db_port = os.getenv('DB_PORT') db_user = os.getenv('DB_USER') db_password = os.getenv('DB_PASSWORD')
Even test credentials should be rotated if accidentally leaked. .env.python.local
The .env.python.local file is a plain text file that contains key-value pairs of environment variables, one per line, in the format VARIABLE_NAME=VALUE . For example: # Access environment variables db_host = os
settings that should not be committed to version control. It sits at the top of the configuration hierarchy, often overriding: : Default settings shared across all developers. .env.development : Standard development environment settings. System Environment Variables : OS-level variables (depending on your loading library). 2. Implementation with python-dotenv To use these files in Python, the python-dotenv one per line
SECRET_KEY = os.getenv('SECRET_KEY') DEBUG = os.getenv('DEBUG') == 'True'
load_dotenv('.env', override=True) load_dotenv('.env.local', override=True)