manage.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
"""Django's command-line utility for administrative tasks."""
import os
import sys


def load_environment():
    from dotenv import load_dotenv

    load_dotenv()

    # OR, the same with increased verbosity:
    load_dotenv(verbose=True)

    # OR, explicitly providing path to '.env'
    from pathlib import Path  # python3 only

    env_path = Path(".") / ".env"
    load_dotenv(dotenv_path=env_path)


def main():
    """Run administrative tasks."""
    os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "config.settings")
    try:
        from django.core.management import execute_from_command_line
    except ImportError as exc:
        raise ImportError(
            "Couldn't import Django. Are you sure it's installed and "
            "available on your PYTHONPATH environment variable? Did you "
            "forget to activate a virtual environment?"
        ) from exc
    execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    load_environment()
    main()