Fix execution order: set FRED_API_KEY environment variable BEFORE importing streamlit and frontend app

streamlit_app.py

@@ -1,27 +1,44 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 """Diagnostic entry‐point for Streamlit Cloud deployment."""
 import os, sys
+
+# CRITICAL: Set environment variable BEFORE importing streamlit
+# This ensures the key is available when the frontend app imports
+
+# 1. Try to get the key from environment first
+fred_key = os.getenv("FRED_API_KEY")
+
+# 2. If not in environment, we'll get it from Streamlit secrets later
+if not fred_key:
+    # Import streamlit only when needed
+    import streamlit as st
+    fred_key = st.secrets.get("FRED_API_KEY")
+
+print(f"DEBUG: FRED_API_KEY from os.getenv = {os.getenv('FRED_API_KEY')}")
+print(f"DEBUG: Final fred_key = {fred_key}")
+
+# 3. Set the environment variable IMMEDIATELY
+if fred_key:
+    os.environ["FRED_API_KEY"] = fred_key
+    print(f"DEBUG: Set FRED_API_KEY in environment = {os.environ.get('FRED_API_KEY')}")
+else:
+    print("DEBUG: No FRED API key found!")
+
+# 4. Now import streamlit and frontend code
 import streamlit as st
 from dotenv import load_dotenv
 
-# 1. Load .env locally (no‐op in Cloud)…
+# Load .env locally (no‐op in Cloud)…
 load_dotenv()
 
-# 2. Grab the key from env OR Cloud secrets
-fred_key = os.getenv("FRED_API_KEY") or st.secrets.get("FRED_API_KEY")
-print(f"DEBUG: FRED_API_KEY from os.getenv = {os.getenv('FRED_API_KEY')}")
-print(f"DEBUG: FRED_API_KEY from st.secrets = {st.secrets.get('FRED_API_KEY')}")
-print(f"DEBUG: Final fred_key = {fred_key}")
-if not fred_key:
+# 5. Double-check the key is available
+if not os.getenv("FRED_API_KEY"):
     st.error("❌ FRED API not available. Please configure your FRED_API_KEY.")
     st.info("Available environment variables: " + str(list(os.environ.keys())))
     st.info("Available secrets keys: " + str(list(st.secrets.keys())))
     st.stop()
 
-# 3. Propagate it into the actual env namespace only
-os.environ["FRED_API_KEY"] = fred_key
-
-# 4. Now hook up your frontend code
+# 6. Now hook up your frontend code
 HERE = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.join(HERE, "frontend"))
 from app import main as app_main