vaultarq 0.1.5

Python SDK for Vaultarq - The developer-first, invisible secrets manager

Vaultarq

Python SDK for Vaultarq - The developer-first, invisible secrets manager

This SDK provides a seamless integration with Vaultarq for Python applications, automatically loading secrets from your Vaultarq vault into your application's environment variables.

Installation

pip install vaultarq

Requirements

• Vaultarq CLI installed and initialized
• Python 3.7 or higher

Usage

Basic Usage

from vaultarq import load_env

# Load secrets into os.environ
load_env()

# Now use secrets from os.environ
import os
print(os.environ["API_KEY"])

With Options

from vaultarq import load_env

# Load secrets with custom options
load_env(
    environment="prod",  # Load secrets from specific environment
    throw_if_not_found=True,  # Throw error if Vaultarq not found
    bin_path="/usr/local/bin/vaultarq"  # Custom path to Vaultarq binary
)

Checking Availability

from vaultarq import is_available, load_env

# Check if Vaultarq is available
if is_available():
    load_env()
else:
    print("Vaultarq not found, using fallback")
    # ... your fallback logic

With Flask Application

from flask import Flask
from vaultarq import load_env

# Load secrets before creating the Flask app
load_env()

app = Flask(__name__)

@app.route('/')
def home():
    import os
    return f"Connected to database: {os.environ.get('DB_NAME', 'unknown')}"

if __name__ == '__main__':
    app.run(debug=True)

With Django

In your settings.py:

import os
from vaultarq import load_env

# Load environment variables from Vaultarq
load_env()

# Use secrets in your Django settings
SECRET_KEY = os.environ.get("DJANGO_SECRET_KEY")
DEBUG = os.environ.get("DEBUG", "False").lower() == "true"

DATABASES = {
    'default': {
        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql',
        'NAME': os.environ.get("DB_NAME"),
        'USER': os.environ.get("DB_USER"),
        'PASSWORD': os.environ.get("DB_PASSWORD"),
        'HOST': os.environ.get("DB_HOST", "localhost"),
        'PORT': os.environ.get("DB_PORT", "5432"),
    }
}

API

load_env(options)

Loads secrets from the Vaultarq vault into os.environ.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
bin_path	str	'vaultarq'	Path to the Vaultarq executable
throw_if_not_found	bool	False	Whether to throw an error if Vaultarq is not found
environment	str	Current linked env	Environment to load secrets from
format	str	'bash'	Format to export secrets in ('bash', 'dotenv', or 'json')

Returns:

• True if secrets were successfully loaded
• False if loading failed (e.g., Vaultarq not installed)

is_available(bin_path='vaultarq')

Checks if Vaultarq is installed and accessible.

Returns True if Vaultarq is available, False otherwise.

License

MIT