Load environment variable from script in PyCharm

Question

I have a script which executes python unit tests. What this script does is firstly prepare the PYTHONPATH variable and then executes the python unit tests.

I now want to run my python tests in PyCharm, however I want to reuse the script which builds the environment variables. Is there a way to specify a script to prepare the env variables in run/debug configuration in PyCharm?

Answer 1

You can use env-vars-in-path-vars plugin for IntelliJ IDEA family:

An IntelliJ IDEA plugin to automatically add environment variables to Path Variables.

For example, you can have a file myproject.env with next content:

SOME_VAR=SOME_VALUE

You can use this file from both your script and IDE, using the plugin and changing your environment variables would be reflected in both.