Settings.py

import logging, os, time
from typing import List

LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)

DEFAULT_RESTART_DELAY = 5.0 # seconds

def wait_for_environment_variables(
    required_environment_variables : List[str] = [], wait_delay_seconds : float = DEFAULT_RESTART_DELAY
):
    if 'KUBERNETES_PORT' not in os.environ: return # We're not running in Kubernetes, nothing to wait for
    missing_variables = set(required_environment_variables).difference(set(os.environ.keys()))
    if len(missing_variables) == 0: return # We have all environment variables defined
    msg = 'Variables({:s}) are missing in Environment({:s}), restarting in {:f} seconds...'
    LOGGER.error(msg.format(str(missing_variables), str(os.environ), wait_delay_seconds))
    time.sleep(wait_delay_seconds)
    raise Exception('Restarting...')

def get_setting(name, **kwargs):
    value = os.environ.get(name)
    if 'settings' in kwargs:
        value = kwargs['settings'].pop(name, value)
    if value is not None: return value
    if 'default' in kwargs: return kwargs['default']
    raise Exception('Setting({}) not specified in environment or configuration'.format(name))