Dotenv-CLI is a simple package that provides the dotenv command. It reads the
.env file from the current directory puts the contents in the environment and
executes the given command.
dotenv supports alternative .env files like .env.development via the -e
or --dotenv parametes.
dotenv provides bash completion, so you can use dotenv like this:
$ dotenv make <TAB>
all clean docs lint release testdotenv-cli is available on PyPi, you can install it via:
$ pip install dotenv-cliAlternatively, you can install dotenv-cli on Debian based distributions via:
# apt-get install python3-dotenv-cliCreate an .env file in the root of your project and populate it with some
values like so:
SOME_SECRET=donttrythisathome
SOME_CONFIG=fooJust prepend the command you want to run with the extra environment variables
from the .env file with dotenv:
$ dotenv some-commandand those variables will be available in your environment variables.
The parser understands the following:
- Basic unquoted values (
BASIC=basic basic) - Lines starting with
export(export EXPORT=foo), so you cansourcethe file in bash - Lines starting with
#are ignored (# Comment) - Empty values (
EMPTY=) become empty strings - Inner quotes are maintained in basic values:
INNER_QUOTES=this 'is' a testorINNER_QUOTES2=this "is" a test - White spaces are trimmed from unquoted values:
TRIM_WHITESPACE= fooand maintained in quoted values:KEEP_WHITESPACE=" foo " - Interpret escapes (e.g.
\n) in double quoted values, keep them as-is in single quoted values.
Example .env file:
BASIC=basic basic
export EXPORT=foo
EMPTY=
INNER_QUOTES=this 'is' a test
INNER_QUOTES2=this "is" a test
TRIM_WHITESPACE= foo
KEEP_WHITESPACE=" foo "
MULTILINE_DQ="multi\nline"
MULTILINE_SQ='multi\nline'
MULTILINE_NQ=multi\nline
#
# some commentbecomes:
$ dotenv env
BASIC=basic basic
EXPORT=foo
EMPTY=
INNER_QUOTES=this 'is' a test
INNER_QUOTES2=this "is" a test
TRIM_WHITESPACE=foo
KEEP_WHITESPACE= foo
MULTILINE_DQ=multi
line
MULTILINE_SQ=multi\nline
MULTILINE_NQ=multi\nline