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setting an environment variable in virtualenv

Asked 2012-03-04T10:22:27.503
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I have a Heroku project that uses environment variables to get its configuration, but I use virtualenv to test my app locally first.

Is there a way to set the environment variables defined on the remote machine inside virtualenv?

python heroku environment-variables virtualenv
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Locally within an virtualenv there are two methods you could use to test this. The first is a tool which is installed via the Heroku toolbelt (https://toolbelt.heroku.com/). The tool is foreman. It will export all of your environment variables that are stored in a .env file locally and then run app processes within your Procfile.

The second way if you're looking for a lighter approach is to have a .env file locally then run:

export $(cat .env)
answered 2012-03-05T19:40:48.387

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