django 2 not able to load env variables from the .env file to setting.py file

Question

I tried to load environment variables from a file named .env to settings.py file here i created the .env file and settings file same folder.

this is my .env file

Answer 1

I think there are mainly two packages to use pip install django-environ and pip install python-dotenv

I choose to use dotenv, as django-environ give me some error. Error: The SECRET_KEY setting must not be empty Below is my working solution, notice that it is square bracket [] when calling os.environ.

My version is Django==2.2.6, python==3.7.5

settings.py

import os
from dotenv import load_dotenv

BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
load_dotenv(os.path.join(BASE_DIR, '.env'))
SECRET_KEY = os.environ['SECRET_KEY']

and the .env file is storing in the current directory with

.env

export SECRET_KEY="xxxxxx"
export DB_NAME = "xxx"