pydotenvx

A tool inspired by dotenvx, but easier to install in python projects.

Usage

You can load it and invoke your python scripts / apps using the action run:

pydotenvx run -f $path-to-dotenv-file -- python script.py

You can load more than one file. In case of conflicting keys, the last value overrides the previous. Some examples are:

pydotenvx run -f $file1 $file2 $file3 -- python script.py
pydotenvx run -f $folder_with_multiple_files/*.env -- python script.py

In case you want to test the final values, you may run the action list:

pydotenvx list -f $file1 $file2 $file3

Your .env file should look like this:

a = "1"
b = "2"

Parsing is currently strict and expects values surrounded by "quotes".

Philosophy

Compared to dotenv and its port python-dotenv, I prefer the choices from dotenvx:

• support for multiple dotenv files
• executable tool instead of library code

I have conflicting thoughts about encryption, so it's currently not supported - and may not ever be.

I also prefer to use this tool during development and something else to inject environment variables on deployments.

Support for multiple dotenv files

This is just nice.

Executable instead of library

Not to trash on python-dotenv, but I've seen multiple problems from invoking it in code:

• inflexibility: an app may require a file named .env, forbidding developers from managing .env files in different ways
• implicit: an app may try to load a ".env", with different effects if it's not there
• coupling: an app may not work without a .env file

These problems can be mitigated with careful planning, but I believe that the normal usage of dotenvx or pydotenvx will naturally avoid some of these issues.

I still thank the developers of python-dotenv for creating a useful tool that I used in many projects.

Encryption and other features

Other features are currently not supported - there's not a plan to allow or block them.

Development

Development is currently based on poetry=1.6.1, as its the package manager I'm more used to.

• Poetry

You may format, lint and test the code using make all.

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