roskarl 3.0.0

Environment variable helpers

Roskarl

Is a tiny module for environment variables.

Requires

Python 3.11.0+

How to install

pip install roskarl

Example usage

from roskarl import (
    env_var,
    env_var_bool,
    env_var_cron,
    env_var_float,
    env_var_int,
    env_var_iso8601_datetime,
    env_var_list,
    env_var_rfc3339_datetime,
    env_var_tz,
    env_var_dsn,
    DSN
)

All functions return None if the variable is not set. An optional default parameter can be provided to return a fallback value instead.

value = env_var(name="STR_VAR", default="fallback")

str

value = env_var(name="STR_VAR")

returns str

bool

value = env_var_bool(name="BOOL_VAR")

returns bool — accepts true or false (case insensitive)

tz

value = env_var_tz(name="TZ_VAR")

returns str if value is a valid IANA timezone (e.g. Europe/Stockholm)

list

value = env_var_list(name="LIST_VAR", separator="|")

returns list[str] if value is splittable by separator

int

value = env_var_int(name="INT_VAR")

returns int if value is numeric

float

value = env_var_float(name="FLOAT_VAR")

returns float if value is a float

cron

value = env_var_cron(name="CRON_EXPRESSION_VAR")

returns str if value is a valid cron expression

datetime (ISO8601)

value = env_var_iso8601_datetime(name="DATETIME_VAR")

returns datetime if value is a valid ISO8601 datetime string — timezone is optional

2026-01-01T00:00:00
2026-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

datetime (RFC3339)

value = env_var_rfc3339_datetime(name="DATETIME_VAR")

returns datetime if value is a valid RFC3339 datetime string — timezone is required

2026-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

DSN

Note: Special characters in passwords must be URL-encoded.

from urllib.parse import quote
password = 'My$ecret!Pass@2024'
encoded = quote(password, safe='')
print(encoded)  # My%24ecret%21Pass%402024 <--- use this

value = env_var_dsn(name="DSN_VAR")

returns DSN object if value is a valid DSN string, formatted as:

postgresql://username:password@hostname:5432/database_name

The DSN object exposes the following attributes:

Attribute	Type	Example
scheme	str	postgresql
host	str	hostname
port	int	5432
username	str	username
password	str	password
database	str	database_name

---

Marshal

Marshals environment variables into typed configuration objects. Requires croniter:

pip install croniter

from roskarl.marshal import load_env_config

env = load_env_config()

Raises ValueError if both CRON_ENABLED and BACKFILL_ENABLED are true.

Env vars

Env var	Type	Description
MODEL_NAME	str	Model name
CRON_ENABLED	bool	Enable cron mode
CRON_EXPRESSION	str	Valid cron expression
BACKFILL_ENABLED	bool	Enable backfill mode
BACKFILL_SINCE	datetime	ISO8601 UTC datetime
BACKFILL_UNTIL	datetime	ISO8601 UTC datetime
BACKFILL_BATCH_SIZE	int	Batch size

CronConfig

since and until are derived from CRON_EXPRESSION based on the latest fully elapsed interval — e.g. 0 * * * * at 14:35 → since=13:00, until=14:00.

BackfillConfig

since and until read from env as ISO8601 UTC datetimes. CRON_ENABLED and BACKFILL_ENABLED are mutually exclusive.