EnvGuardian is a lightweight Python library designed to ensure the presence of all required environment variables when your project is executed, thereby minimizing the occurrence of runtime errors. This functionality proves particularly valuable in scenarios where environment variables are specified in a .env or .env.example file, ensuring that all team members possess up-to-date versions of the mandatory variables in .env files.
By leveraging EnvGuardian, your development team can rest assured that the necessary environment variables are appropriately set before the project is run, safeguarding against common errors resulting from missing or incorrectly configured environment variables. This proactive approach not only enhances the stability and reliability of your applications but also promotes seamless collaboration among team members by streamlining the management of environment configurations.
pip install envguardian
In your project root create an Env.py file and define a variable called env_schema like so
# Env.py
from envguardian import Env
env_schema = {
'DB_NAME': Env.string(),
'ENVIRONMENT': Env.enum(['development', 'stage']),
'PORT': Env.integer(),
'DEBUG': Env.boolean(),
'SOME_VAR': Env.float()
}Somewhere else in your project, ideally, the entry point of your project, validate like so
from envguardian import Env
Env.validate()If the validation fails, expect something like this, .validate() will throw a ValueError Exception.
Exception: {'DB_NAME': '`None` is not a string', 'ENVIRONMENT': "`None` is not one of: ['development', 'stage']", 'PORT': '`None` is not an integer', 'SOME_VAR': '`None` is not a float'}
You can also use EnvGuardian to get environment variables with their correct type, provided you have defined them
in env_schema and the variable is present in environment variables.
from envguardian import Env
print(type(Env.get('DEBUG')))Output : <class 'bool'>