I encounter a small problem when working with .env var. I'm setting up a Flask app in a virtual env. Working with .env var in the web app is ok. Accessing those var in the console works also (with echo $SECRET) but running the file from the console gives me 'none' when I try to print(os.getenv('SECRET')). What am I doing wrong?
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using .ENV var in a console
The Run button does not activate the virtualenv, so the .env is not applied automatically. So if you want to use it like that, use
from dotenv import load_dotenv
load_dotenv(dotenv_path=env_path)
where env_path is the full path to the .env file you want to load.
glenn
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Great, that did the job! note : I was not using the run-button, but running the file from the command-line. Now it works from the command-line. Not from the run-button. But is ok for me. many thx for the fast response.
