load_dotenv

Load "dotenv" files to set environment variables. A given path takes precedence over .env, which takes precedence over .flaskenv. After loading and combining these files, values are only set if the key is not already set in os.environ.

def load_dotenv(
    path: str | os.PathLike[str] | None = None,
    load_defaults: bool = True
) - > bool

Load "dotenv" files to set environment variables. A given path takes precedence over .env, which takes precedence over .flaskenv. After loading and combining these files, values are only set if the key is not already set in os.environ.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
path	`str	os.PathLike[str]
load_defaults	bool = True	Whether to automatically search for and load the standard .flaskenv and .env files from the current directory.

Returns

Type	Description
bool	True if at least one environment variable was successfully loaded into the process environment.