django12factor: Bringing 12factor to Django
Project description
What is it?
Django is an awesome Python web framework.
“The Twelve-Factor App“ is an awesome methodology for building SaaS apps.
django-12factor makes Django more 12factor-y. Right now, this focuses on the Config - “Store config in the environment”; Heroku users with addons will be particularly familiar with this.
Still not sure of the benefits? Check out “Twelve-Factor Config: Misunderstandings and Advice”.
Usage
Add the following to the bottom of your settings.py:
import django12factor
d12f = django12factor.factorise()
factorise() returns a dict of settings, so you can now use and assign them as you wish, e.g.
DEBUG = d12f['DEBUG']
LOGGING = d12f['LOGGING']
If you don’t like that repetition, you can (ab)use globals() like so:
import django12factor
d12f = django12factor.factorise()
def f(setting):
globals()[setting] = d12f[setting]
f('DEBUG')
f('LOGGING')
You can also add non-Django settings this way, e.g. keys to APIs:
custom_settings = (
"GOOGLE_ANALYTICS_KEY",
"MAILCHIMP_API_KEY",
)
d12f = django12factor.factorise(custom_settings=custom_settings)
MAILCHIMP_API_KEY = d12f['MAILCHIMP_API_KEY']
GOOGLE_ANALYTICS_KEY = d12f['GOOGLE_ANALYTICS_KEY']
In the event of a custom_setting not being set in the environment, it will default to None.
Give me everything!
If you say so…
import django12factor
globals().update(django12factor.factorise())
Utilities
django12factor.getenv_bool is a utility function that takes the name of an environment variable, and returns True _unless_ it is set to either a “falsey” string (e.g. "no") or not set.
Settings
The following settings are currently supported:
DEBUG
Defaults to False for safety reasons, otherwise True unless os.environ("DEBUG") is a “falsy” string.
TEMPLATE_DEBUG
As for DEBUG, but defaults to the value of DEBUG.
CACHES
Uses django-cache-url to parse os.environ("CACHE_URL").
LOGGING
A static LOGGING dict that configures 12factor-style logging.
DATABASES
Uses dj-database-url - parses DATABASE_URL if it exists, otherwise falls back to in-memory sqlite.
Anything of the form FOO_DATABASE_URL will be parsed as DATABASES['foo'], allowing you to configure multiple databases via the environment.
ALLOWED_HOSTS
Treats os.environ("ALLOWED_HOSTS") as a comma-separated list.
SECRET_KEY
Uses os.environ("SECRET_KEY") - required if DEBUG==False.
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