env_approach_advanced.py

import os

from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured


def get_env_value(env_variable):
    try:
      	return os.environ[env_variable]
    except KeyError:
        error_msg = 'Set the {} environment variable'.format(var_name)
        raise ImproperlyConfigured(error_msg)


SECRET_KEY = get_env_value('SECRET_KEY')
DATABASES = {
    'default': {
        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql',
        'NAME': get_env_value('DATABASE_NAME'),
        'HOST': get_env_value('DATABASE_HOST'),
        'PORT': int(get_env_value('DATABASE_PORT')),
    }
}