dj-toml-settings 0.3.0

Load Django settings from a TOML file

dj-toml-settings ⚙️

Load Django settings from a TOML file

dj-toml-settings reads settings from a TOML file. By default, both pyproject.toml and django.toml files are parsed for settings in the [tool.django] namespace.

[tool.django]

# Paths are relative to the TOML file (unless they are absolute)
BASE_DIR = { $path = "." }
STATIC_ROOT = { $path = "staticfiles" }

# This sets the key based on the environment variable
SECRET_KEY = { $env = "SECRET_KEY" }

# This sets the key based on the environment variable, but has a fallback
ADMIN_URL_PATH = { $env = "ADMIN_URL_PATH", default="admin" }

# Booleans, arrays, tables (dictionaries), integers, strings, floats, dates are all supported in TOML
DEBUG = true
ALLOWED_HOSTS = [
  "127.0.0.1",
]

# This is an implicit dictionary and equivalent to `COLTRANE = { TITLE = "Example blog" }`
[tool.django.COLTRANE]
TITLE = "Example blog"

# Any name can be used under `apps` for organizational purposes
[tool.django.apps.tailwind-cli]
TAILWIND_CLI_USE_DAISY_UI = true
TAILWIND_CLI_SRC_CSS = ".django_tailwind_cli/source.css"

# These settings are included when the `ENVIRONMENT` environment variable is "development"
[tool.django.envs.development]
ALLOWED_HOSTS = { $insert = "example.localhost" }

# These settings are included when the `ENVIRONMENT` environment variable is "production"
[tool.django.envs.production]
DEBUG = false
ALLOWED_HOSTS = { $insert = "example.com" }

Features 🤩

Variables

Use ${SOME_VARIABLE_NAME} to use an existing setting as a value.

[tool.django]
GOOD_IPS = ["127.0.0.1"]
ALLOWED_HOSTS = ${GOOD_IPS}

Apps

[tool.django.apps.{ANY_NAME_HERE}] sections of the TOML file can be used to group settings together. They can be named anything. They will override any settings in [tool.django].

[tool.django.apps.tailwind-cli]
TAILWIND_CLI_USE_DAISY_UI = true
TAILWIND_CLI_SRC_CSS = ".django_tailwind_cli/source.css"

Environments

The [tool.django.envs.{ENVIRONMENT_NAME}] section of the TOML file will be used when {ENVIRONMENT_NAME} is set to the ENVIRONMENT environment variable. For example, ENVIRONMENT=production python manage.py runserver will load all settings in the [tool.django.envs.production] section. There settings will override any settings in [tool.django.apps.*] or [tool.django].

[tool.django]
ALLOWED_HOSTS = ["127.0.0.1"]

[tool.django.envs.development]
ALLOWED_HOSTS = ["example.localhost"]

[tool.django.envs.production]
ALLOWED_HOSTS = ["example.com"]

Special operations 😎

By default, special operations are denoted by an inline table, (aka a dictionary) with a key that starts with a $.

The prefix and suffix that denotes a special operation can be configured with TOML_SETTINGS_SPECIAL_PREFIX or TOML_SETTINGS_SPECIAL_SUFFIX in [tool.django].

[tool.django]
TOML_SETTINGS_SPECIAL_PREFIX = "&"
TOML_SETTINGS_SPECIAL_SUFFIX = "*"
BASE_DIR = { &path* = "." }

Path

Converts a string to a Path object by using a $path key. Handles relative paths based on the location of the parsed TOML file.

[tool.django]
BASE_DIR = { $path = "." }
PROJECT_DIR = { $path = "./your_project_folder" }
REPOSITORY_DIR = { $path = "./.." }

Environment Variable

Retrieve variables from the environment by using an $env key. Specify an optional $default key for a fallback value.

[tool.django]
EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = { $env = "SECRET_PASSWORD" }
SECRET_KEY = { $env = "SECRET_KEY", $default = "this-is-a-secret" }

Arrays

Add items to an array by using the $insert key.

[tool.django]
ALLOWED_HOSTS = { $insert = "127.0.0.1" }

Example Integrations 💚

Django

This will override any variables defined in settings.py with settings from the TOML files.

# settings.py
from pathlib import Path
from dj_toml_settings import configure_toml_settings

BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
...

configure_toml_settings(base_dir=BASE_DIR, data=globals())

nanodjango

# app.py
from pathlib import Path
from dj_toml_settings import get_toml_settings

base_dir = Path(__file__).resolve().parent
app = Django(**get_toml_settings(base_dir=base_dir))

...

coltrane

# app.py
from pathlib import Path
from django.core.management import execute_from_command_line
from dj_toml_settings import get_toml_settings
from coltrane import initialize

base_dir = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
wsgi = initialize(**get_toml_settings(base_dir=base_dir))

if __name__ == "__main__":
    execute_from_command_line()

...

Precedence 🔻

This is the order that files and sections are parsed (by default). The later sections override the previous settings.

1. pyproject.toml -> [tool.django]
2. pyproject.toml -> [tool.django.apps.*]
3. pyproject.toml -> [tool.django.envs.*] that match ENVIRONMENT environment variable
4. django.toml -> [tool.django]
5. django.toml -> [tool.django.apps.*]
6. django.toml -> [tool.django.envs.*] that match ENVIRONMENT environment variable

Specify a TOML file 🤓

from pathlib import Path
from dj_toml_settings import get_toml_settings

base_dir = Path(__file__).resolve().parent
toml_settings = get_toml_settings(base_dir=base_dir, toml_settings_files=["custom-settings.toml"])
...

Test 🧪

• uv install pip install -e .[dev]
• just test

Inspiration 😍

• django-pyproject
• django-settings-toml