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DATABASE_URL=postgres://user:pass@localhost:5432/mydb_dev

DATABASE_URL=sqlite:///local.db DEBUG=False API_BASE_URL=https://api.example.com .env.python.local

or a Docker compose file) load the environment instead of hard-coding the load into your Python script. DEV Community for loading multiple files with priority given to local overrides? Hynek's Blog .env.python.local

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from dotenv import load_dotenv