How to configure using heroku environment variables from flask app

Solution 1

heroku config:set THEANSWERTOEVERYTHINGEVER=42

THEANSWERTOEVERYTHINGEVER=42
ENVIRONMENT="DEVELOPMENT"

import os

os.environ.get('THEANSWERTOEVERYTHINGEVER')

Solution 2

import os

ENV = 'LIVE'

if ENV == 'dev':
    ...
    # Store your secret keys and API keys by creating a local .env file. 
    
if ENV == 'LIVE':
    sitekey = os.environ.get('GOOGLE_SITE_KEY')
    # Heroku will default to Settings > Config Vars