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How i can use environment variables on .ini file in Pyramid?


For example, now I have this .ini file:

[DEFAULT]
db_user = user_test
db_password = psw_test
db_host = localhost
db_name = db_test

...

I want to do:

export ENV_DB_USER=user_test
export ENV_DB_PSW=psw_test
export ENV_DB_HOST=localhost
export ENV_DB_NAME=db_test

Then I want to do somethings like this in .ini file:

[DEFAULT]
db_user = ${ENV_DB_USER}
db_password = ${ENV_DB_PSW}
db_host = ${ENV_DB_HOST}
db_name = ${ENV_DB_NAME}

...

I have try to use %()s syntax but unfortunately not working. Where I'm doing wrong?

Thanks :)


Solution

  • Unfortunately they are not supported right now - you have to load them at runtime instead of in the ini file itself. A common approach in my apps is to define a render-config script which takes a site.ini.in template and renders it out to site.ini using jinja2 with env vars available to it. It's not very satisfying but it does work well.

    import jinja2
    import os
    
    def multiline(val):
        lines = (l.strip() for l in val.strip().split('\n'))
        return '\n    ' + '\n    '.join(lines)
    
    def main(cli, args):
        env = jinja2.Environment(
            loader=jinja2.FileSystemLoader(os.getcwd()),
            undefined=jinja2.StrictUndefined,
        )
        env.filters['multiline'] = multiline
    
        template = env.get_template(args.template)
        result = template.render({
            'env': os.environ,
        })
    
        with open(args.config_file, 'w', encoding='utf8') as fp:
            fp.write(result)