Jan 9, 2017 · Need an example and please explain me the purpose of python-dotenv. I am kind of confused with the documentation.

Mar 19, 2019 · 8 i didn't put my environment variables in the right format as was in the dotenv module documentation e.g. i was doing export TWILIO_CALLER_ID="+wwehehe" and so the …

Aug 10, 2021 · This might look like a newbie question, but I am unable to find the way to load environment variables from both .env and .env.local files in node with dotenv. Is it even …

Jul 6, 2021 · Some dotenv programs do just that: you prefix your command on the shell with dotenv and the variables in the dotenv file will magically be available in you process.

How do I use dotenv with import? Preload dotenv: node --require dotenv/config index.js (Note: you do not need to import dotenv with this approach) Import dotenv/config instead of dotenv (Note: …

Jan 3, 2020 · I had the same issue (Python 3.8.5, dotenv 0.15.0) and was getting ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'dotenv' in both the console and JupyterLab. All …

from dotenv import load_dotenv load_dotenv(some_path) Now the vars in the .env file located at some_path can be used with os.getenv("VAR") or os.environ["VAR"] Expanded answer (As …

Jul 25, 2025 · I'm working on a FastAPI project where I use python-dotenv to load environment variables from a .env file. Most variables load correctly, but the API_KEY variable is not being …

Sep 23, 2021 · This answer makes since but for those new to this thread, the dotenv module fails if an .env doesn't already exist in the proper file path.

Jun 16, 2025 · The dotenv package only looks for a file exactly named .env, without any extension. Because of this mismatch, dotenv.config () silently fails to load the environment …