#đź”’ .env file help

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timber timber
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I have tried looking up how to create a .env file but have found no help for newer python coders like myself. I am in the process of trying to learn how to code a discord bot. I just need a detailed explanation of how to create a .env file if anyone is help to help with that.

hexed hareBOT
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dreamy quartz
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The file itself is just text. Open a new file, write what you need, save it.

timber timber
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So just in IDLE?

vivid rain
timber timber
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Ok thank you

timber timber
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I’m still very new to all of this so it’s hard to figure anything out

vast plover
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what do you plan to store in your env file

timber timber
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My discord bot’s token

vast plover
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what have you got so far

timber timber
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I don’t have much

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Cause I just started it today

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But I have the few thing I needed installed like dotenv and discord.py

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I have the .env file setup

vast plover
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this lib?

timber timber
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Yes

vast plover
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so you have a .env file, you just need to read from it?

timber timber
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Basically yeah

vast plover
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the code references in those docs seems pretty straightforward, what issue are you running into?

timber timber
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It’s more because the code I have is just not working when I try to run it

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I have to run “python bot.py” and when I do that I get a error that says the file or directory doesn’t exist idk if I just don’t have the files in the right spot or not

hexed hareBOT
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