Django can't find me .env variables? decouple.UndefinedValueError: ENVIORNMENT not found. Declare it as envvar or define a default value

Question

I am very new to Django and trying to configure python-decouple to use .env variables. I am getting DB_PASSWORD not found. Declare it as envvar or define a default value. when trying to run the server. The .env file is located in the root directory. Here is my code:

raise UndefinedValueError('{} not found. Declare it as envvar or define a default value.'.format(option))
decouple.UndefinedValueError: ENVIORNMENT not found. Declare it as envvar or define a default value.

settings.py

from decouple import config
from secrets_manager import get_secret

environment = config("ENVIRONMENT")
SECRET_KEY = get_secret(environment).get("SECRET_KEY")
DEBUG = config("DEBUG", default=False, cast=bool)

DATABASES = {
    "default": {
        "ENGINE": config("DB_ENGINE"),
        "NAME": config("DATABASE_NAME"),
        "USER": config("DB_USER"),
        "PASSWORD": config("DB_PASSWORD"),
        "HOST": config("DB_HOST"),
        "PORT": config("DB_PORT", cast=int),
        "OPTIONS": {
            "init_command": "SET foreign_key_checks = 0;",
        },
    }
}

.env

SECRET_KEY='nvyj6_-&m@lg87$%l3@@#+r046ioem^18+ql*)t)'
DEBUG=True
DB_ENGINE=django.db.backends.mysql
DATABASE_NAME=blogs
DB_USER=root
DB_PASSWORD=
DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
DB_PORT=3306

Django==3.1.4 python-decouple==3.3

Answer 1

You are using config('ENVIRONMENT') in your code, without a corresponding ENVIRONMENT setting in your .env file. Make sure:

• your .env file is at the root directory of your project.
• you spell ENVIRONMENT consistently in your .env file and in your settings.py file wherever you use it.