Added .env file to store environment variables & gitignore to prevent .env from being pushed to GitHub

Author: oukookowa

text_to_speech/.gitignore

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# Ignore environment files
+.env
+
+# Ignore compiled Python files
+*.pyc
+__pycache__/

text_to_speech/text_to_speech/settings.py

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 """
 
 from pathlib import Path
+from decouple import config
 
 # Build paths inside the project like this: BASE_DIR / 'subdir'.
 BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
@@ -20,10 +21,10 @@
 # See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.2/howto/deployment/checklist/
 
 # SECURITY WARNING: keep the secret key used in production secret!
-SECRET_KEY = 'django-insecure-1av7%kyih)8&%w1v5g^f$+(a$^f&p28y-pr!wns!@&5axfwg)2'
+SECRET_KEY = config('SECRET_KEY')
 
 # SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
-DEBUG = True
+DEBUG = config('DEBUG', cast=bool)
 
 ALLOWED_HOSTS = []