Environment Files

Using load to access PromptScript environment files.

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PromptScript has its own environment management system.

Creating an Environment File

You can create a PromptScript environment file be creating a file with the name .env.prompt.

.env.prompt

API_KEY="SUPER_SECRET"
CHAT_MODEL="LLM-01"

You can also run PromptScript code in your .env.prompt file:

.env.prompt

prod = True

if prod:
    API_KEY="PROD_KEY"
else:
    API_KEY="TESTING_KEY"
CHAT_MODEL="LLM-01"

Accessing Environment Variables

To access environment variables from a PromptScript file, you can use the load keyword

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load variable_name

Parameters

variable_name (str: required): Name of the variable to load from the .env.prompt file.

Output

Any: The variable’s value.

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So, for this example, we could access the API_KEY and CHAT_MODEL fields like this:

file.prompt

api_key = load "API_KEY"
chat_model = load "CHAT_MODEL"

Important

Make sure your PromptScript file and environment file are in the same directory!