Environment variables for secrets in Django - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to import the module used to access environment variables in Django settings.

Django

import [1]

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Adjango

Bsys

Cos

Denv

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Common Mistakes

Using 'sys' instead of 'os' to access environment variables.

Trying to import a non-existent module like 'env'.

The os module is used in Django settings to access environment variables with os.environ.

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medium

Complete the code to get the secret key from environment variables in Django settings.

Django

SECRET_KEY = os.environ.get([1])

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A'SECRET_KEY'

B'KEY_SECRET'

C'SECRET'

D'DJANGO_SECRET'

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Common Mistakes

Using incorrect environment variable names like 'DJANGO_SECRET'.

Forgetting to put the variable name in quotes.

The environment variable name is usually SECRET_KEY to store Django's secret key.

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hard

Fix the error in the code to safely get an environment variable with a default fallback.

Django

DEBUG = os.environ.get([1], 'False') == 'True'

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A'DEBUG'

BDEBUG_MODE

Cdebug

D'DEBUG_MODE'

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Common Mistakes

Using variable names without quotes causing syntax errors.

Using incorrect environment variable names.

The environment variable name must be a string, so it needs quotes. The correct name is usually 'DEBUG'.

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hard

Fill both blanks to load environment variables from a .env file using python-dotenv in Django.

Django

from dotenv import [1]
[2]()

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Aload_dotenv

Bfind_dotenv

Cdotenv

Dloadenv

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Common Mistakes

Importing the wrong function like 'find_dotenv' and calling it incorrectly.

Not calling the function after importing.

The function load_dotenv() loads environment variables from a .env file. It is imported from dotenv.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to create a dictionary of database settings using environment variables in Django.

Django

DATABASES = {
    'default': {
        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql',
        'NAME': os.environ.get([1]),
        'USER': os.environ.get([2]),
        'PASSWORD': os.environ.get([3]),
    }
}

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A'DB_NAME'

B'DB_USER'

C'DB_PASSWORD'

D'DATABASE'

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Common Mistakes

Using incorrect or inconsistent environment variable names.

Forgetting to put variable names in quotes.

Common environment variable names for database settings are DB_NAME, DB_USER, and DB_PASSWORD.