theskumar / theskumar/python-dotenv
load_dotenv does not work with variables in values
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Description
I have a .env file with this variables similar to those explained in the library README:
# Development settings
DOMAIN=example.org
ADMIN_EMAIL=admin@${DOMAIN}
ROOT_URL=${DOMAIN}/app
# base work directory
WORKDIR=/workdir_shared
# logdir
LOGDIR=${WORKDIR}/logs
When I run this script I see that the values of variables ${DOMAIN} and ${WORKDIR} are not applied. I get:
DOMAIN: example.org
ROOT_URL: ${DOMAIN}/app
ADMIN_EMAIL: admin@${DOMAIN}
WORKDIR: /workdir_shared
LOGDIR: ${WORKDIR}/logs
Whe it should be:
DOMAIN: example.org
ROOT_URL: example.org/app
ADMIN_EMAIL: admin@example.org
WORKDIR: /workdir_shared
LOGDIR: workdir_shared/logs
What can be wrong?
This is the script code:
import os
from dotenv import load_dotenv
load_dotenv(verbose=True, interpolate=True)
print("DOMAIN:", os.getenv("DOMAIN"))
print("ROOT_URL:", os.getenv("ROOT_URL"))
print("ADMIN_EMAIL:", os.getenv("ADMIN_EMAIL"))
print("WORKDIR:", os.getenv("WORKDIR"))
print("LOGDIR:", os.getenv("LOGDIR"))
I tried with "load_dotenv()" with same result.
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the issue with the provided .env contents and Python script, then trace load_dotenv's interpolation path. Check how referenced variables are resolved and add coverage for DOMAIN and WORKDIR substitutions; done means the shown ROOT_URL, ADMIN_EMAIL, and LOGDIR values expand as expected.
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- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- devops
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
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- Active
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