Load .env with python-dotenv: https://github.com/theskumar/python-dotenv

load-python-dotenv.md

Load .env with python

Install python-dotenv:

$ pip install python-dotenv

Given files:

.
├── .env
└── settings.py

.env:

# .env
FOO=BAR
ENV_VAR="hello world\n"

settings.py:

# settings.py

import os
from dotenv import load_dotenv

load_dotenv('.env')
print(os.getenv('FOO)) # 'BAR'

Run script:

$ python settings.py
BAR

Alternate ways of loading .env:

import os
form dotenv import load_dotenv, find_dotenv

# approach 1
load_dotenv(os.join(os.dirname(__file__), '.env')

# approach 2
load_dotenv(find_dotenv(usecwd=True))