Working with VS Code 1.35.1 on ubuntu 16.04 with a Python 3.7.3 pipenv virtual environment, I am trying to set environment variables in a .env file, but for some reason the file doesn't seem to be recognized.
Can someone help me understand what I can do to give my (Django) app access to the environment variables, without needing to manually run pipenv shell.
Steps taken:
So, this is what I am doing exactly:
1 - I have set the Python interpreter for my project like so: ctrl + shift + p > Python: Select interpreter > Python 3.7.3 64-bit ('environment_name': pipenv)
2 - Created a .env file inside the project root directory:
# Django
SECRET_KEY="some key here"
DEBUG=True
...
3 - Made sure the VS Code Python extension is installed and enabled
4 - Adjusted my Django settings file to get the SECRET_KEY from the environment variables:
SECRET_KEY = os.getenv('SECRET_KEY')
5 - Running the Django development server from the VS Code terminal (with pipenv environment activated through ctrl + shift + ~):
(environment-name) user@system-name:~/projects/my-project$ python manage.py runserver
6 - No other settings changed
I haven't changed any settings, like the python.envFile setting. Settings are left to their defaults.
How I know that the .env file isn't recognized:
The above steps result in the following message in the VS Code terminal:
...
raise ImproperlyConfigured("The SECRET_KEY setting must not be empty.")
django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: The SECRET_KEY setting must not be empty.
While if I run pipenv shell inside the same VS Code terminal (with the already activated environment, and thus activating it again), and start the Django dev server: python manage.py runserver, the server starts perfectly.
