bella-baxter-django 0.1.1rc14

Django integration for the Bella Baxter secret management SDK

bella-baxter-django

Django integration for the Bella Baxter secrets management platform. Automatically loads secrets from Bella Baxter and makes them available throughout your Django app.

Installation

pip install bella-baxter-django

Quickstart

# settings.py
INSTALLED_APPS = [
    ...
    'bella_baxter_django',
]

BELLA_BAXTER_API_KEY = 'bax-...'
BELLA_BAXTER_URL = 'https://api.bella-baxter.io'  # optional, this is the default

# anywhere in your code
from bella_baxter_django import get_bella

client = get_bella()
secrets = client.get_all_secrets()
db_url = secrets.secrets['DATABASE_URL']

How it works

get_bella() returns a shared BaxterClient instance, initialised lazily on first call and cached for the lifetime of the process. Adding 'bella_baxter_django' to INSTALLED_APPS triggers eager initialisation at Django startup via BellaBaxterConfig.ready(), so the first request doesn't bear the connection cost.

Configuration

Setting	Required	Default	Description
BELLA_BAXTER_API_KEY	✅	—	API key (bax-...)
BELLA_BAXTER_URL	❌	https://api.bella-baxter.io	Base URL of the Baxter API

Using secrets in views

from django.http import JsonResponse
from bella_baxter_django import get_bella

def health(request):
    bella = get_bella()
    secrets = bella.get_all_secrets()
    return JsonResponse({'db': secrets.secrets.get('DATABASE_URL', 'not set')})

Using secrets in settings.py

# settings.py — bootstrap secrets before Django fully loads
import os
from bella_baxter import BaxterClient, BaxterClientOptions

_bella = BaxterClient(BaxterClientOptions(
    baxter_url=os.environ.get('BELLA_BAXTER_URL', 'https://api.bella-baxter.io'),
    api_key=os.environ['BELLA_BAXTER_API_KEY'],
))
_secrets = _bella.get_all_secrets().secrets

DATABASES = {
    'default': {
        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql',
        'HOST': _secrets['DB_HOST'],
        'NAME': _secrets['DB_NAME'],
        'USER': _secrets['DB_USER'],
        'PASSWORD': _secrets['DB_PASSWORD'],
    }
}

Authentication

Generate an API key via the CLI or the Bella WebApp:

bella api-keys create --env production --name "Django Production"

Set it in your environment and reference it in settings.py:

export BELLA_BAXTER_API_KEY="bax-..."