djenv

DjEnv: Django + Environment

Load Django Settings Directly from Environmental Variables

features

• modify django configuration without modifying source code
• prevent hard-coding of Django settings
• works great with Docker

install

with pip

pip install djenv

with pipenv

pipenv install djenv

basic usage

# inside settings.py

# import settings from environment
from djenv.settings import *

Prepend Settings with DJANGO_ to import them. For example:

DJANGO_DEBUG=False python3 manage.py runserver

Will set DEBUG=False in the settings.py

advanced usage

You can also replace nested settings like DATABASES by setting a JSON

DJANGO_DATABASES='{ "default": { "ENGINE": "django.db.backends.sqlite3", "NAME": "db.sqlite3" } }'  python3 manage.py runserver