Easily set Flask settings from environment variables
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import os
import json
class MetaFlaskEnv(type):
def __init__(cls, name, bases, dict):
"""
MetaFlaskEnv class initializer.
This function will get called when a new class which utilizes this metaclass is defined,
as opposed to when it is initialized.
"""
super(MetaFlaskEnv, cls).__init__(name, bases, dict)
# Get our internal settings
prefix = dict.get('ENV_PREFIX', '')
load_all = dict.get('ENV_LOAD_ALL', False)
# Override default configuration from environment variables
for key, value in os.environ.items():
# Only include environment keys that start with our prefix (if we have one)
if not key.startswith(prefix):
continue
# Strip the prefix from the environment variable name
key = key[len(prefix):]
# Unless we specify that we want to load all environment variables
# only load variables that we have predefined on our object
if not load_all and not hasattr(cls, key):
continue
# Parse value according to JSON standards
# If that fails, just keep it a string
try:
value = json.loads(value)
except ValueError:
pass
# Update our config with the value from `os.environ`
setattr(cls, key, value)