load project-wide variables

API/main.py

@@ -8,10 +8,15 @@ import io
 
 from flask import Flask, request, jsonify
 from flask_cors import CORS, cross_origin
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
 from waitress import serve
+from pathlib import Path
 import time, threading
 
 
+env_path = Path('..') / '.env'
+load_dotenv(dotenv_path=env_path)
+
 api = Flask(__name__)
 cors = CORS(api)