How to Load Settings from Environment Variables and a .env File with pydantic-settings
· 10 min read
Hard-coding a port, a database address or a password into your code means editing the code for every computer it runs on. pydantic-settings reads those values from environment variables and a .env file instead, checks them, and gives your code typed values. This guide explains the syntax first, then builds the settings of a small demo app and shows, with real output, which source wins and what happens when a value is wrong.
