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Replies for: How do you manage Boolean with python-dotenv? I mean that ( for example)DEBUG = True or DEBUG = False in .env file are always evaluated as True

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Thomas Güttler •

Don't ask my why the author did not accept my PR: github.com/theskumar/python-dotenv...

Converting types

The library reads and provides strings. If you need for example a boolean, it is up to you to convert the value.

Example:

from distutils.util import strtobool
DEBUG = bool(strtobool(os.getenv('DEBUG', 'True')))
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derrick k •

I agree, it works perfectly

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David Talbot •

This is really helpful, thanks. Agreed—it seems strange that your PR was rejected, given that variables with False values get (confusingly) cast to True.