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+DEVELOPMENT_MODE='True'
+DJANGO_SECRET_KEY='po1*c-vwnwqlao-7#^k_s87l4s^=q82=px@6eq2v6g1^(wtet*'
+DEBUG='True'
+AWS_SES_ACCESS_KEY_ID=
+AWS_SES_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=
+AWS_SES_REGION_NAME=
+AWS_SES_FROM_EMAIL=
+DOMAIN='localhost:3000'
+AUTH_COOKIE_SECURE='False'
+GOOGLE_AUTH_KEY=
+GOOGLE_AUTH_SECRET_KEY=
+FACEBOOK_AUTH_KEY=
+FACEBOOK_AUTH_SECRET_KEY=
+REDIRECT_URLS='http://localhost:3000/auth/google,http://localhost:3000/auth/facebook,http://127.0.0.1:3000/auth/google'