[FIXED] Evaluate boolean environment variable in Python

Issue

How can I evaluate if a env variable is a boolean True, in Python? Is it correct to use:

if os.environ['ENV_VAR'] is True:
      .......

Solution

I think this works well:

my_env = os.getenv("ENV_VAR", 'False').lower() in ('true', '1', 't')

It allows: things like true, True, TRUE, 1, "1", TrUe, t, T, ...

Update: After I read the commentary of Klaas, I updated the original code my_env = bool(os.getenv(... to my_env = os.getenv(... because in will result in a bool type

Answered By - Rui Martins