Python DotEnver

A Python app to generate dotenv (.env) files from templates.

Features

• Automatic .env file generation from .env.example files
• Useful for CI or Docker deployments
• Uses Jinja2 as rendering engine
• Uses Faker for value generation

Quickstart

1. Install Python DotEnver

   $ pip install dotenver

2. Create a .env.example following this example

   # Full line comments will be kept
   
   # Simple usage
   NAME= ## dotenver:first_name
   
   # Pass parameters to fakers
   ENABLED= ## dotenver:boolean(chance_of_getting_true=50)
   
   # Name your values
   MYSQL_PASSWORD= ## dotenver:password:my_password(length=20)
   # And get the same value again, when the name is repeated.
   DB_PASSWORD= ## dotenver:password:my_password()
   
   # Output your values within double or single quotes
   DOUBLE_QUOTED= ## dotenver:last_name(quotes='"')
   SINGLE_QUOTED= ## dotenver:last_name(quotes="'")
   
   # Literal values are possible
   STATIC_VARIABLE=static value
   
   # export syntax can be used
   export EXPORTED_VARIABLE=exported

3. Run python DotEnver form the CLI

   $ dotenver -r

4. You now have a new .env file ready to use.

5. For more usage options run

   $ dotenver -h

Docker

A Docker image is provided. To use it, mount your source code to /var/lib/dotenver/ and run the container.

$ docker run -ti --rm -v "${PWD}:/var/lib/dotenver/" jmfederico/dotenver