Load yaml

settings.py

import os
import yaml


BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__))

# Setup variables for loading yaml settings
CONFIG_DEFAULT = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(BASE_DIR, '../etc'))
CONFIG_ROOT = os.environ.get('CONFIG_ROOT', CONFIG_DEFAULT)

# This takes any setting it can find in a yaml
# configuration file and loads it.  This is useful
# for keeping settings that you don't want checked in
# like private keys and database connection information
config_path = '{0}/cas.yml'.format(CONFIG_ROOT)
if os.path.isfile(config_path):
    with open(config_path) as conf_file:
        conf = yaml.load(conf_file)
    try:
        globals().update(conf)
    except:
        pass