python -m pip install python-dotenv

# Install dotenv via:

pip3 install python-dotenv

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# Load .env file using:

from dotenv import load_dotenv

load_dotenv()

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# Use the variable with:

import os

os.getenv("ACCESS_KEY")

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# For python users only

pip install python-dotenv

# install locally (recommended)

npm install dotenv --save

# with npm 

npm install dotenv

# or with Yarn 

yarn add dotenv

pip install python-dotenv

pip install -U python-dotenv

# Install dotenv via:

pip3 install python-dotenv

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# Load .env file using:

from dotenv import load_dotenv

load_dotenv()

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# Use the variable with:

import os

os.getenv("ACCESS_KEY")

# file: .env

SECRET_KEY=secret_token_here

# filename: test.py

"""

create a file in local directory 

touch .env

add entries with following format:

SECRET_KEY=secret_token_here

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"""

from dotenv import load_dotenv

import os

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# By Default below line will load a file ".env" in current working directory

load_dotenv(".env")

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secret_key = os.getenv('SECRET_KEY')

print(secret_key)

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# output:

> python .\test_env.py

secret_token_here

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