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Managing the Configurations: Set Up ENV Variable

Understand how to manage multiple configuration settings in Flask by using environment variables for URLs, security keys, and database connections. Explore the approach to setting up environment configurations to streamline development across different systems and deployment stages.

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Issues in configuration

We saw earlier how to set the FLASK_APP, and how FLASK_ENV can be used to set application configuration variables from environment variables. Other uses of the configuration variables could include specifying URLs for related services, specifying secret keys used for security, details needed to establish a database connection and configuration details for ...