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labapi.util.env.getenv

labapi.util.env.getenv(key: str) → str | None

labapi.util.env.getenv(key: str, default: None) → str | None

labapi.util.env.getenv(

key: str,

default: T,

) → str | T

Return an environment variable, loading .env on first use.

If python-dotenv is installed, this wrapper calls load_dotenv() the first time it is used so values from a local .env file are available through os.getenv().

Parameters:

• key – The environment variable name to look up.

• default – The value to return when key is not set.

Returns:

The environment variable value, or default if unset.