environment variables django
$ pip install django-environ #In settings.py import environ # Initialise environment variables env = environ.Env() environ.Env.read_env() #In the same directory as settings.py, create a file called ‘.env’ #Declare your environment variables in .env #Make sure you don’t use quotations around strings #Example: DATABASE_NAME=postgresdatabase #IMPORTANT: Add your .env file to .gitignore #Use the variables as follows: DATABASES = { ... ‘NAME’: env(‘DATABASE_NAME’), ... }
