I keep getting 'None' when getting enviroment variables

Question

I'm trying to keep my token in an enviroment variable, so I created the file .env, and I stored the TOKEN there:

TOKEN=XXX

When I run my .py file, I can't get the enviroment variable TOKEN, it keeps printing 'None'.

import os
    
token = os.environ.get("TOKEN")
print(token)

Please check this answer. https://stackoverflow.com/a/41547163/5186565 — Cagatay Barin, Jun 28 '21 at 13:50
Please re-generate your token as it can be seen in the edit history. — Dominik, Jun 28 '21 at 13:56
Tokens are private and should **never** be shared with other people. It's like a password connected to you. Go to the developer site of Discord and regenerate a new token, or else people will be able to use it to make requests with your account. — Ted Klein Bergman, Jun 28 '21 at 13:58
@s0urce No, you can't just change some characters. You have to go to Discord and regenerate a completely new token — Ted Klein Bergman, Jun 28 '21 at 14:13

Shadab · Accepted Answer · 2022-04-26T03:20:47.197

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What you are trying to do is use a dotenv variable directly using os.environ. In order to use variables from .env, you need the dotenv library. Install dotenv library:

pip install dotenv

Then import dotenv like this.

from dotenv import load_dotenv
load_dotenv()  # this will load variables from .env.

edited Apr 26 '22 at 03:20

answered Jun 28 '21 at 13:59

Shadab

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Thanks. That was the error, I had to load the enviroment variable – s0urce Jun 28 '21 at 14:10

I keep getting 'None' when getting enviroment variables

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