Hide API keys in Python scripts using python-dotenv, .env, and .gitignore

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  • Опубликовано: 2 янв 2025

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  • @janvichitroda4689
    @janvichitroda4689 3 года назад +17

    Wow, this is one of the best tutorials I have seen. Explained everything so well, now there is no need to search for any other tutorial on this topic. Thank you.

    • @-Anubhab
      @-Anubhab 9 месяцев назад

      totally agreed

  • @mblackonline1059
    @mblackonline1059 2 года назад +1

    Thank you for posting this. It really helped with understanding how to use the dotenv module to hide my API keys. I especially liked the tip on creating the content for gitignore file.

  • @brandonconner7319
    @brandonconner7319 3 года назад +2

    I was having issues with conflicting instructions until I found your video. Thank you! Great content, great presentation

    • @jsoma
      @jsoma  3 года назад +2

      You're welcome!

  • @alisherpulatov3587
    @alisherpulatov3587 Год назад

    Finally, best ever explanation about how to use python-dotenv. You made my life easier, Bro! Thank You so much for this video.

  • @xiaolinghe4314
    @xiaolinghe4314 2 года назад

    very clear and intuitive instead of just throwing jargons!

  • @_Gintoki
    @_Gintoki 3 года назад +1

    Always found the config files and .env file scary, but after seeing your video it seems so easy to work with and super logical too!

  • @devstuff92
    @devstuff92 2 года назад +2

    Most simple explanation ever, I've struggled with this lol thank you

  • @arnavraina2615
    @arnavraina2615 3 года назад

    One of the.... no No only one clearest explanation!! Thank you very much!

  • @retroblackztar
    @retroblackztar Год назад +1

    Thanks a lot for your explanation, I used this video to configure .env with java

  • @Moist_yet_Crispy
    @Moist_yet_Crispy 2 года назад

    Great video Jonathan, this helped alot. I was stuck in the weeds for a bit.

  • @milkmangames100
    @milkmangames100 2 года назад

    Best tutorial I have seen on this topic. Good job brother.

  • @edsonsabino
    @edsonsabino 2 года назад

    Great! I was struggling to hide credentials of a SQL database and your video helped me get it done.
    Thankyou!!

  • @ldELuxEl
    @ldELuxEl 2 года назад +1

    When I deploy my app to a server(heroku for example) from GitHub - it does not have env file(obviously). But how do I set it up so that my app works?

  • @maurillekobri9484
    @maurillekobri9484 2 года назад

    Clean and excellent explanation. Thanks a million, Jonathan Soma!

  • @joydeepsarkar3092
    @joydeepsarkar3092 11 месяцев назад

    Glad I came across this tutorial of yours! Very helpful!

  • @misosoup7531
    @misosoup7531 3 года назад

    This was the best tutorial for me to understand how to use dotenv in python!! tysm

  • @gold4963
    @gold4963 3 года назад +1

    This was an awesome, clear tutorial and exactly what I needed! Thanks so much!

  • @sinothi
    @sinothi Год назад

    Amazing tutorial. Cannot wait to learn more stuff from you!!!

  • @asoniox
    @asoniox 2 года назад

    Clear and straight to the point! Thank you!

  • @Reeg3x
    @Reeg3x 2 года назад +1

    When you have liked this video and still revisit a year later.

  • @GoodguyGastly
    @GoodguyGastly 2 года назад

    Thank you for such an excellent tutorial!

  • @clearlyoverclockingabstract
    @clearlyoverclockingabstract Год назад

    Wonderful tutorial, very clear and precise! Thank you a lot!

  • @investandcyclecheap4890
    @investandcyclecheap4890 2 года назад

    thank you this was very helpful. What about for virtual machines, would I just be able to create a .env file right on my VM and pull the secure info from there?

  • @aishwaryamurugappan5138
    @aishwaryamurugappan5138 3 года назад

    Loved it, Clear and just to the point, very well explained! Keep up the good work :)

  • @jtl_1
    @jtl_1 2 года назад

    Indeed, what a great tutorial. Covers all my questions.

  • @kevon217
    @kevon217 Год назад

    Helpful and thorough. Thanks!

  • @fotromba
    @fotromba Год назад

    Hey, great video! I've always had the doubt, what if build a web app and deploy it using Heroku or something. If my app connects to a cloud server like Firebase with a password and I have that in my gitignore file, will people be able to use my web app? Or will my app not be able to find that password?

  • @eziola
    @eziola Год назад

    Great video! You showed us how to read a .env variable into a python module. Next would be how do I set or write to or update a .env variable from my python module? This is something I have to do with refresh tokens. I have to read the last refresh token from the .env file, get a new refresh token back, and save the new refresh token back into the .env variable. Hopefully that make sense! It would be amazing to know how to do that!

  • @LennWeltmeister
    @LennWeltmeister 2 года назад

    One thing that's still in my brain: if we don't actually send the file, how can the server recover it?

  • @dallaspalumbo9889
    @dallaspalumbo9889 2 года назад

    thank you for making this was the key to success

  • @amphetaminedaydream
    @amphetaminedaydream 2 года назад

    Perfectly explained. Thanks.

  • @Analyse_US
    @Analyse_US 2 года назад

    Thanks - really well explained. Super simple when it is explained as well you did!

  • @adityavaste3732
    @adityavaste3732 2 года назад

    That was the complete tutorial, thanks for it.

  • @anton9410
    @anton9410 2 года назад

    Perfect explanation, with a pinch of satire!

  • @koushikromel
    @koushikromel 2 года назад

    Explained well man! 👏🏻

  • @alanalmeida7887
    @alanalmeida7887 3 года назад

    Thanks, Well Explained! 15 minutes well spent, got to learn a lot:)

  • @MohanRaj-fo6uk
    @MohanRaj-fo6uk 3 года назад

    Awesome, You have clearly explained it.

  • @SAURABHSINGH-fl2ep
    @SAURABHSINGH-fl2ep Год назад

    Exactly what i needed, thanks

  • @ssk-ct7cr
    @ssk-ct7cr 2 года назад

    Very complete! Thanks for sharing! :)

  • @JoNNy8904
    @JoNNy8904 2 года назад

    Phenomenal tutorial!

  • @LHM1226
    @LHM1226 Год назад

    I love your way of storing data . But what will you do if you want to store a Python list as environment variable outside the code?

    • @anibaldk
      @anibaldk Год назад

      Bit old by now but you could store it as:
      1. JSON string
      2. Regular string which you parse
      In any case, you can always resort to base64 in case of strange annoying characters

  • @OG-Comphead
    @OG-Comphead 2 года назад

    Very informative. Thank you!

  • @basilihuoma5300
    @basilihuoma5300 3 года назад

    Nice explanation, Appreciate it.

  • @brofessorsbooks3352
    @brofessorsbooks3352 2 дня назад

    DEFINITIVE! so good

  • @gpc1290
    @gpc1290 Год назад

    Where do you save the .env file so that it can be found by the Python os.getenv() method?

  • @PihFrags
    @PihFrags 2 года назад

    Lovely video
    Bless you bro

  • @noco2605
    @noco2605 2 года назад

    Thanks a lot, finally it becomes clear to me

  • @realserax
    @realserax 9 месяцев назад

    Hey great Video but I got a question,
    I am currently using a .env to hide my mySQL connection data inside of my python script, and when using nuitka this .env is not hidden and instead its shown in the path of the exe. Is there a way to fix it, or do you maybe know a alternative I can do to hide my mySQL connection data like the password? Or is nuitka so safe that people cant get my sourcecode at all?

  • @the_flash_light
    @the_flash_light 2 года назад

    Thanks for your explanation, set me interested in and was like really useful to know!

  • @ictteacheraj
    @ictteacheraj 3 года назад

    Is it safe when you use it in locally only right just running in your local system? Is it safe in Pycharm only?

  • @jayatidixit5260
    @jayatidixit5260 2 года назад

    if I am deploying a django project and in the settings.py file I added dotenv but when I deploy it on pythonanywhere it shows error while running wsgi application dotenv module not found

  • @ake_bangkok9312
    @ake_bangkok9312 Год назад

    many thanks, it is what I'm looking for

  • @jknyt
    @jknyt 2 года назад

    Thanks! relaxing tutorial

  • @yoyme_blumenfeld
    @yoyme_blumenfeld 2 года назад

    Thank you Sir! Subscribed!

  • @ignasskarzinskas7126
    @ignasskarzinskas7126 2 года назад

    when i try to print the variable it prints me none. Im using a virtual env if its somehow related

  • @assef444
    @assef444 2 года назад

    great explanation !

  • @user-dc3jp4ee8c
    @user-dc3jp4ee8c 2 года назад

    Very helpful video - thanks

  • @nelsonjoseph3673
    @nelsonjoseph3673 Год назад

    Best one so far. :)

  • @JamesPrenticez
    @JamesPrenticez 2 года назад

    LMFAO - "Sometimes when your programming you have code or little bits and pieces that you dont want to share with the entire world - and I'm not just talking about you being embarrassed about your programming"

  • @louisdonofrio7376
    @louisdonofrio7376 Год назад

    is it possible to make a .env file that requires a password to open? I have a python script I need to share with my team but I am not uploading it to git just sending them over the folder to run when they need.

  • @sanjaybyranna1
    @sanjaybyranna1 2 года назад

    Please help me with my problem
    When i used .env without .gitignore it worked and bot started running
    But when i posted .gitignore file it not displayed the .env in repo all fine,
    But when i deployed it in heroku
    The bot is not working

  • @newgenart482
    @newgenart482 Год назад

    Thank you bro was super useful

  • @stephonhenry-rerrie3997
    @stephonhenry-rerrie3997 3 года назад

    very thorough thanks!

  • @aditya_01
    @aditya_01 2 года назад

    Thanks great and really helpful video.

  • @anubhavborkotoky391
    @anubhavborkotoky391 3 года назад

    Hello Sir, could you help me? I'm getting an error saying that it's a syntax error
    I uninstalled and reinstalled python-dotenv

  • @stephenthumb2912
    @stephenthumb2912 3 года назад

    Any chance you do blockchain programming :)? This was really a great tutorial on something simple but obscure but important haha.

  • @rashin4157
    @rashin4157 3 года назад

    very helpful tutorials

  • @Rich-yj7gr
    @Rich-yj7gr 2 года назад

    Sorry, could you please explain, what is the benefit of this comparing to just saving them in a separate .py file that I can then add to gitignore?

    • @jsoma
      @jsoma  2 года назад

      That's perfectly fine, too! I think this is just one of the more common techniques, maybe because people are used to putting .env files into gitignore as opposed to other files? Either way is okay!

  • @SubhamSatapathy
    @SubhamSatapathy 2 года назад

    Wow! I used to commit my codes with my API keys without bothering as I developed stuff for my firm. Seems I would need to improve upon my practices and hold up some standards.

  • @khalidhassani6173
    @khalidhassani6173 3 года назад

    But what about if i want to share my python desktop app with a friend, how to keep my credentials secret?

    • @jsoma
      @jsoma  3 года назад +1

      Unfortunately I don't think there's a good method for that situation. You either need to trust your friend with your credentials or allow them to input their own keys!

    • @khalidhassani6173
      @khalidhassani6173 3 года назад

      @@jsoma my app gives the user the possibility to store some data in a mysql db and he w'ill receive a confirmation by email. I struggle with the way i should hude the sensitive information related to connexion to the db and the SMTP ones

    • @jsoma
      @jsoma  3 года назад +1

      ​@@khalidhassani6173 hmmm. I think you'd want to have your desktop app call to a web service you control, and then the web service you control talks to the smtp service. maybe they register so you can track them and allow them to send, etc. That will be a real pain since it's a whole separate service to run beyond just your app, but I really can't think of a better route.

    • @khalidhassani6173
      @khalidhassani6173 3 года назад

      @@jsoma thanks for the help, i should put some effort in this subject, learning is a long path full of thorns

  • @vaha2833
    @vaha2833 2 года назад

    Thanks for explanation. Now i know....

  • @19holegolf
    @19holegolf Год назад

    Thank you!!!

  • @joseluisgiraldomorales3975
    @joseluisgiraldomorales3975 3 года назад

    y si hay una persona que sabe de este método y consulta .env no le aparecen las claves??

  • @karjon1122
    @karjon1122 3 года назад +1

    Just create a json file with ur data then load it in the script, no need to install any python libs

    • @alanalmeida7887
      @alanalmeida7887 3 года назад

      ah yes that can be done too. But I feel it boils down to personal preference.

  • @shiblyaziz4528
    @shiblyaziz4528 2 года назад

    Thank you