From 96b97e0401ab0dbd2a6e617601168f95a2248c80 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nils Pukropp <nils@narl.io>
Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2026 21:29:07 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] added .env file

---
 .env.example                     | 11 +++++++++++
 .gitignore                       |  6 ++----
 backend/holy_backend/settings.py | 27 +++++++++++++++++----------
 docker-compose.yml               |  2 ++
 4 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 .env.example

diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2fdf59a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# Example SMTP Configuration for Holy Flavors
+# Rename this file to .env and fill in your details to enable email sending.
+
+# --- Required for SMTP ---
+EMAIL_HOST=smtp.example.com
+EMAIL_PORT=587
+EMAIL_HOST_USER=your-email@example.com
+EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD=your-app-password
+
+# --- Optional (defaults are usually fine) ---
+# EMAIL_USE_TLS=true
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1b7c8a5..b6a7fb0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -36,7 +36,5 @@ Thumbs.db
 
 # Environment variables
 .env
-.env.local
-.env.development.local
-.env.test.local
-.env.production.local
+.env.*
+!.env.example
diff --git a/backend/holy_backend/settings.py b/backend/holy_backend/settings.py
index 5f05f67..d0fba1d 100644
--- a/backend/holy_backend/settings.py
+++ b/backend/holy_backend/settings.py
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/6.0/topics/settings/
 For the full list of settings and their values, see
 https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/6.0/ref/settings/
 """
-
 from pathlib import Path
+import os
+
 
 # Build paths inside the project like this: BASE_DIR / 'subdir'.
 BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
@@ -147,16 +148,22 @@ CORS_ALLOWED_ORIGINS = [
     "http://127.0.0.1:5173",
 ]
 
+import os
+# ... (near top of file)
+
 # Email (SMTP)
-# For development, print to console. 
-# In production, set these via environment variables.
-EMAIL_BACKEND = 'django.core.mail.backends.console.EmailBackend'
-# EMAIL_BACKEND = 'django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend'
-# EMAIL_HOST = 'smtp.example.com'
-# EMAIL_PORT = 587
-# EMAIL_USE_TLS = True
-# EMAIL_HOST_USER = 'user'
-# EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = 'password'
+# For production, set these via environment variables.
+# For development, it will default to printing emails to the console.
+EMAIL_HOST = os.environ.get('EMAIL_HOST')
+EMAIL_PORT = int(os.environ.get('EMAIL_PORT', 587))
+EMAIL_USE_TLS = os.environ.get('EMAIL_USE_TLS', 'true').lower() == 'true'
+EMAIL_HOST_USER = os.environ.get('EMAIL_HOST_USER')
+EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = os.environ.get('EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD')
+
+if EMAIL_HOST:
+    EMAIL_BACKEND = 'django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend'
+else:
+    EMAIL_BACKEND = 'django.core.mail.backends.console.EmailBackend'
 
 # Swagger
 SPECTACULAR_SETTINGS = {
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 9b7ce6b..46aa30c 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ services:
       context: ./backend
     ports:
       - "8000:8000"
+    env_file:
+      - ./.env
     volumes:
       - ./backend:/app
     environment: