Parse .env Files

Load environment variables from a .env file.

Code

Python

# Manual parsing (no external deps)
def load_env(path=".env"):
    env = {}
    with open(path) as f:
        for line in f:
            line = line.strip()
            if line and not line.startswith("#") and "=" in line:
                key, val = line.split("=", 1)
                env[key.strip()] = val.strip().strip('"').strip("'")
    return env

env = load_env()
print(env.get("DATABASE_URL"))

Line-by-line explanation

1.Read file line by line.
2.Skip empty lines and comments (#).
3.Split on first = to get key and value.
4.Strip quotes from values.

Expected output

postgresql://localhost/mydb

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