[FIXED] How to add Environment Variables in Visual Studio Code on Ubuntu

Issue

I am working on a python project using Visual Studio Code on Ubuntu OS and I need to set environment variables without using the integrated terminal, I want to be able to set it using a file or an efficient medium asides my terminal.

Please help

Solution

So I was able to find a solution that enabled me specify my variables in a .env file in Visual Studio Code

I used a python module called python-dotenv the setup for installing it can be found in https://pypi.org/project/python-dotenv/

So follow these steps:

1. In your Visual Studio Code integrated terminal, install python-dotenv using pip install python-dotenv

2. In your python code add this at the top of the code

from dotenv import load_dotenv

load_dotenv() 

3. In your code folder i.e where the python code specified above lies, create a file called .env

4. Now specify all your environment variables inside the .env file e.g

DB_PORT=1212
DB_NAME=test_db
DB_USER=test_user

5. Now run the python code and watch the environment variable work in action

Answered By - Oyindamola Victor

Answer Checked By - Katrina (PHPFixing Volunteer)