Python Decouple is a great library that helps you strictly separate the settings parameters from your source code.
Installation
pip install python-decouple
Simply create a .env text file in your repository’s root directory in the form:
DEBUG=True
ALLOWED_HOSTS=localhost, 127.0.0.1, 192.168.1.202
DB_NAME=dbname
DB_USER=dbadmin
DB_PASS=password
DB_HOST=localhost
Use the env variables in your settings.py
from decouple import config
...
DEBUG = config('DEBUG', cast=bool)
ALLOWED_HOSTS = config('ALLOWED_HOSTS', cast=Csv())
DATABASES = {
'default': {
'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql',
'NAME': config('DB_NAME'),
'USER': config('DB_USER'),
'PASSWORD': config('DB_PASS'),
'HOST': config('DB_HOST'),
}
}
...