Using envvault with Python/Flask

Note: Please ensure that you have completed the previous steps

Prerequisites

Python installed on your system
envvault CLI tool installed
An existing Python/Flask project

Usage

Running Your Application

To run your Python application with environment variables from envvault:

$ envvault run --env=dev python app.py

Caching Environment Variables

For better performance, you can cache your environment variables:

$ envvault run --env=dev -c -- python app.py

Example Implementation

Here is how to set up a basic Flask application with envvault:

# app.py
from flask import Flask
import os

app = Flask(__name__)

# Your environment variables are automatically loaded
PORT = os.getenv('PORT', 5000)
DB_URL = os.getenv('DB_URL')

@app.route('/')
def hello():
    return 'Hello from envvault!'

if __name__ == '__main__':
    app.run(port=PORT)