as_envhelper

A simple, powerful, and beginner-friendly environment variable loader for Python.
Read key-value pairs from a .env file and set them as environment variables.
Built by ASWIN KUMAR K.

🚀 Installation

pip install as_envhelper

⚡ Usage

Basic usage

from as_envhelper import load_env, get_env

# Load variables from a .env file
load_env(".env")

# Access a variable
db_user = get_env("DB_USER")
print("Database User:", db_user)

Get all environment variables as a dictionary

from as_envhelper import env_to_dict

env_dict = env_to_dict()
print(env_dict)

🐍 Flask Integration

from flask import Flask
from as_envhelper import apply_to_flask

app = Flask(__name__)

# Load .env variables and apply to Flask config
apply_to_flask(app, ".env")

print(app.config["DB_USER"])

🐍 Django Integration

# In your Django settings.py
from as_envhelper import apply_to_django_settings
import sys

# Apply .env variables to Django settings module
apply_to_django_settings(sys.modules[__name__], ".env")

print(DB_USER)

✨ Features

• Easy .env file loading
• Safe variable access with optional type casting and validation
• Enterprise-ready (regex, numeric ranges, choices)
• Multiline and nested variable support (basic)
• Flask and Django integration
• Works on all major OS

⚠️ Limitations

• Advanced multiline parsing may be limited
• Direct overwrite of OS environment variables if same keys exist
• Users must manually create .env files
• Less community adoption initially (new library)

👨‍💻 Author

ASWIN KUMAR K
Email: aswinkumar06k@gmail.com
GitHub: https://github.com/Aswin-Kumar24072003/as_envhelper

📄 License

GPLv3 – See LICENSE file for details