dotenver 0.2.0

Automatically generate .env files from .env.example

A Python app to generate dotenv (.env) files from templates.

Features

• Automatic .env file generation from .env.example files

• Useful for CI or Docker deployments

• Uses Jinja2 as rendering engine

• Uses Faker for value generation

Quickstart

1. Install Python DotEnver:

   $ pip install dotenver

2. Create a .env.example following this example:

   # Full line comments will be kept
   
   # Simple usage
   NAME= ## dotenver:first_name
   
   # Pass parameters to fakers
   ENABLED= ## dotenver:boolean(chance_of_getting_true=50)
   
   # Name your values
   MYSQL_PASSWORD= ## dotenver:password(name=database_password, length=20)
   # And get the same value again, when the name is repeated.
   DB_PASSWORD= ## dotenver:password(name=database_password)
   
   # Output your values within double or single quotes
   DOUBLE_QUOTED_NAME= ## dotenver:name(quotes='"')
   SINGLE_QUOTED_NAME= ## dotenver:name(quotes="'")
   
   # Literal values are possible
   export EXPORTED_VARIABLE=exported

3. Run python DotEnver form the CLI:

   $ dotenver -r

4. You now have a new .env file ready to use.

5. For more usage options run:

   $ dotenver -h