I want to know why secret_key is wrong

I’m making website using Python Framework of ‘Django’.

I have some problems with Django about secret_key .

When I set a secret_key in .env file on private and change settings.py, there is problem.

I’m trying to solve it by myself, but its so difficult.

When I runserver on django, It errors contain:

(venv) C:pragmatic>python manage.py runserver
C:pragmaticvenvlibsite-packagesenvironenviron.py:637: UserWarning: Error reading C:
pragmatic.env - if you're not configuring your environment separately, check this.
  warnings.warn(
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:pragmaticvenvlibsite-packagesenvironenviron.py", line 273, in get_value
    value = self.ENVIRON[var]
  File "C:UsersPJJAppDataLocalProgramsPythonPython38-32libos.py", line 675, in __
getitem__
    raise KeyError(key) from None
KeyError: 'SECRET_KEY'

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "manage.py", line 22, in <module>
    main()
  File "manage.py", line 18, in main
    execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
  File "C:pragmaticvenvlibsite-packagesdjangocoremanagement__init__.py", line 401,
 in execute_from_command_line
    utility.execute()
  File "C:pragmaticvenvlibsite-packagesdjangocoremanagement__init__.py", line 395,
 in execute
    self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv)
  File "C:pragmaticvenvlibsite-packagesdjangocoremanagementbase.py", line 330, in
run_from_argv
    self.execute(*args, **cmd_options)
  File "C:pragmaticvenvlibsite-packagesdjangocoremanagementcommandsrunserver.py",
 line 61, in execute
    super().execute(*args, **options)
  File "C:pragmaticvenvlibsite-packagesdjangocoremanagementbase.py", line 371, in
execute
    output = self.handle(*args, **options)
  File "C:pragmaticvenvlibsite-packagesdjangocoremanagementcommandsrunserver.py",
 line 68, in handle
    if not settings.DEBUG and not settings.ALLOWED_HOSTS:
  File "C:pragmaticvenvlibsite-packagesdjangoconf__init__.py", line 83, in __getatt
r__
    self._setup(name)
  File "C:pragmaticvenvlibsite-packagesdjangoconf__init__.py", line 70, in _setup
    self._wrapped = Settings(settings_module)
  File "C:pragmaticvenvlibsite-packagesdjangoconf__init__.py", line 177, in __init_
_
    mod = importlib.import_module(self.SETTINGS_MODULE)
  File "C:UsersPJJAppDataLocalProgramsPythonPython38-32libimportlib__init__.py",
 line 127, in import_module
    return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1014, in _gcd_import
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 991, in _find_and_load
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 975, in _find_and_load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 671, in _load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 783, in exec_module
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 219, in _call_with_frames_removed
  File "C:pragmaticpragmaticsettings.py", line 33, in <module>
    SECRET_KEY = env('SECRET_KEY')
  File "C:pragmaticvenvlibsite-packagesenvironenviron.py", line 123, in __call__
    return self.get_value(var, cast=cast, default=default, parse_default=parse_default)
  File "C:pragmaticvenvlibsite-packagesenvironenviron.py", line 277, in get_value
    raise ImproperlyConfigured(error_msg)
django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: Set the SECRET_KEY environment variable

settings.py contains:

"""
Django settings for pragmatic project.

Generated by 'django-admin startproject' using Django 3.1.4.

For more information on this file, see
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.1/topics/settings/

For the full list of settings and their values, see
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.1/ref/settings/
"""

from pathlib import Path

import os, environ
env = environ.Env(
    # set casting, default value
    DEBUG=(bool, False)
)

# Build paths inside the project like this: BASE_DIR / 'subdir'.
BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent

# reading .env file
environ.Env.read_env(
    env_file = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, '.env')
)

# Quick-start development settings - unsuitable for production
# See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.1/howto/deployment/checklist/

# SECURITY WARNING: keep the secret key used in production secret!
SECRET_KEY = env('SECRET_KEY')

# SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
DEBUG = True

ALLOWED_HOSTS = []


# Application definition

INSTALLED_APPS = [
    'django.contrib.admin',
    'django.contrib.auth',
    'django.contrib.contenttypes',
    'django.contrib.sessions',
    'django.contrib.messages',
    'django.contrib.staticfiles',
    'accountapp',

]

MIDDLEWARE = [
    'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
    'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
    'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
    'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
    'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
    'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
    'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
]

ROOT_URLCONF = 'pragmatic.urls'

TEMPLATES = [
    {
        'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
        'DIRS': [],
        'APP_DIRS': True,
        'OPTIONS': {
            'context_processors': [
                'django.template.context_processors.debug',
                'django.template.context_processors.request',
                'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
                'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
            ],
        },
    },
]

WSGI_APPLICATION = 'pragmatic.wsgi.application'


# Database
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.1/ref/settings/#databases

DATABASES = {
    'default': {
        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
        'NAME': BASE_DIR / 'db.sqlite3',
    }
}


# Password validation
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.1/ref/settings/#auth-password-validators

AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS = [
    {
        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.UserAttributeSimilarityValidator',
    },
    {
        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.MinimumLengthValidator',
    },
    {
        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.CommonPasswordValidator',
    },
    {
        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.NumericPasswordValidator',
    },
]


# Internationalization
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.1/topics/i18n/

LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'

TIME_ZONE = 'UTC'

USE_I18N = True

USE_L10N = True

USE_TZ = True


# Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images)
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.1/howto/static-files/

STATIC_URL = '/static/'

.env contains:

    DEBUG=on
SECRET_KEY=o$6-&b%^ww2_+^euxx!=@g7a$j)ef4v(x_z(ojrkhgv=j2b)$_
DATABASE_URL=psql://urser:un-githubbedpassword@127.0.0.1:8458/database
SQLITE_URL=sqlite:///my-local-sqlite.db
CACHE_URL=memcache://127.0.0.1:11211,127.0.0.1:11212,127.0.0.1:11213
REDIS_URL=rediscache://127.0.0.1:6379/1?client_class=django_redis.client.DefaultClient&password=ungithubbed-secret

Answer

if your .env file is in root project directory so you don’t have to put this

environ.Env.read_env(
    env_file = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, '.env')
)

just write this only environ.Env.read_env(), it will work