environs VS python-dotenv

I recommend this simple library for that purpose

That's nice but you may like https://github.com/sloria/environs it's very flexible

- Environment variables for production and more security (environs https://github.com/sloria/environs),

I like https://github.com/sloria/environs

There are multiple ways to implement environment variables and various third-party packages that can help. Personally, I like using environs, which has a Django-specific option that installs a number of additional packages that help with configuration.

I personally just use .env to keep api keys

similar to dotenv, I like this object oriented approach though.

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Similarly, I use python-dotenv which reads environment variables, or variables set in a .env file. Then in your settings.py file you can do things like:

Locally you may want to use a .env file that is also in .gitignore and python-dotenv to auto activate them. Also having an .env.template is also a good idea to help others working on the project know what they need to set in order for things to work.

But there's no web UI to set them for your local dev version. But there are various Python modules that will read environment variables from a file named .env. I like https://github.com/theskumar/python-dotenv myself. So try using that - create a .env file for your local dev site and use dotenv instead of os.getenv() to read the environment variables.

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