HOW TO: Hide Sensitive info in Python Using Environment Variables?
HOW TO: Hide Sensitive info in Python Using .env?
• You want to use secrets and tokens in your script but don’t want to hardcode them in as strings. We can use environment variables instead.
• Here are the steps:
1. Create `.env` file in the root directory of your project
2. Inside type: `export authToken='yourAuthToken';`
3. In your terminal run: `source .env`
These environment variables only persist for this session. When you open a new terminal, you will have to run source .env again to use the keys.
4. In your python project, you can use your token using the os.environ.get method, like this:
```python
import os
authToken = os.environ.get('authToken', None)
print(authToken)
```
4.1 In Jupyter Notebook
```python
from dotenv import load_dotenv
load_dotenv()
```
5. Make sure to add .env to .gitignore if you want to share your code on GitHub.
References:
https://www.zeolearn.com/magazine/how...
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