backend.src.libs.config.env_loader Namespace Reference

Data Structures
class	EnvLoader

Functions
Dict[str, str]	load_env (bool merge_os_environ=True)
Optional[str]	get_env (str key, Optional[str] default=None)
None	apply_env ()
str	get_environment_variable (str variable_name)

Variables
	_loader_instance = EnvLoader()
	ENV = _loader_instance.load_env_file()

Detailed Description

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Function Documentation

apply_env()

None backend.src.libs.config.env_loader.apply_env

(

)

Apply loaded .env variables to os.environ.

Definition at line 392 of file env_loader.py.

get_env()

Optional[str] backend.src.libs.config.env_loader.get_env	(	str	key,
		Optional[str]	default = None )

Get .env value.

Args:
    key: Environment variable key
    default: Default value if key not found (default: None)

Returns:
    Environment variable value or default if not found

Definition at line 377 of file env_loader.py.

get_environment_variable()

str backend.src.libs.config.env_loader.get_environment_variable

(

str

variable_name

)

Get the content of an environment variable (backwards compatibility).

Args:
    variable_name: Name of the environment variable to retrieve

Returns:
    Value of the environment variable

Raises:
    ValueError: If no environment file is loaded
    ValueError: If variable not found in environment

Definition at line 398 of file env_loader.py.

load_env()

Dict[str, str] backend.src.libs.config.env_loader.load_env

(

bool

merge_os_environ = True

)

Load .env file (cached).

Args:
    merge_os_environ: Merge with os.environ variables (default: True)

Returns:
    Dictionary containing environment variables

Raises:
    FileNotFoundError: If .env file not found

Definition at line 360 of file env_loader.py.

Variable Documentation

_loader_instance

backend.src.libs.config.env_loader._loader_instance = EnvLoader()

protected

Definition at line 353 of file env_loader.py.

ENV

dict backend.src.libs.config.env_loader.ENV = _loader_instance.load_env_file()

Definition at line 355 of file env_loader.py.