python-envcfg 0.1.0

Defines environment variables with a prefix:

$ cat .env  # should not checked into VCS
# values are valid JSON expressions
MYAPP_DEBUG=true
MYAPP_SECRET_KEY='"7950ad141c7e4b3990631fcdf9a1d909"'
MYAPP_SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI='"sqlite:///tmp/myapp.sqlite3"'

Creates Flask app and loads config from python-envcfg:

$ cat myapp.py
...
app = Flask(__name__)
app.config.from_object('envcfg.json.myapp')  # MYAPP_ -> .myapp
...

Enters your app with those environment variables:

$ (source .env && python myapp.py)

Creates a django project and moves all sensitive config items into the environment variables:

$ cat djapp/settings.py  # codebase-scope config
...
INSTALLED_APPS = (
    'django.contrib.admin',
)
...

$ cat .env  # environment-scope config, should not checked into VCS
# values are valid JSON expressions
DJAPP_SECRET_KEY='"wo9g2o#jws=u"'
DJAPP_DEBUG=true
DJAPP_TEMPLATE_DEBUG=true

Adds importing statements in the end of settings.py module:

$ tail -n 2 djapp/settings.py
# importing all config items stored in the environment variables
from envcfg.json.djapp import *  # noqa

Runs your Django app with environment variables:

$ (source .env && python manage.py runserver)