Template does not "just work" for me. What am I doing wrong?

[JAlexMcGraw]

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Example Code

uvicorn backend.app.main:app --reload

Description

I forked the template and have run the above uvicorn command. I initially received some errors where it could not find a bunch of relative imports, and I had to prepend "backend." to a bunch of imports, since it was pointing towards the project root and not the "backend/" directory. I am now receiving 5 validation errors for "Settings".

File "/Users/alexmcgraw/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~CloudDocs/Documents/Side_Projects/news_comparison/backend/app/main.py", line 7, in <module>
    from backend.app.api.main import api_router
  File "/Users/alexmcgraw/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~CloudDocs/Documents/Side_Projects/news_comparison/backend/app/api/main.py", line 3, in <module>
    from backend.app.api.routes import items, login, private, users, utils
  File "/Users/alexmcgraw/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~CloudDocs/Documents/Side_Projects/news_comparison/backend/app/api/routes/items.py", line 7, in <module>
    from backend.app.api.deps import CurrentUser, SessionDep
  File "/Users/alexmcgraw/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~CloudDocs/Documents/Side_Projects/news_comparison/backend/app/api/deps.py", line 11, in <module>
    from backend.app.core import security
  File "/Users/alexmcgraw/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~CloudDocs/Documents/Side_Projects/news_comparison/backend/app/core/security.py", line 7, in <module>
    from backend.app.core.config import settings
  File "/Users/alexmcgraw/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~CloudDocs/Documents/Side_Projects/news_comparison/backend/app/core/config.py", line 120, in <module>
    settings = Settings()  # type: ignore
               ^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/alexmcgraw/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~CloudDocs/Documents/Side_Projects/news_comparison/.venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pydantic_settings/main.py", line 176, in __init__
    super().__init__(
  File "/Users/alexmcgraw/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~CloudDocs/Documents/Side_Projects/news_comparison/.venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pydantic/main.py", line 214, in __init__
    validated_self = self.__pydantic_validator__.validate_python(data, self_instance=self)
                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
pydantic_core._pydantic_core.ValidationError: 5 validation errors for Settings
PROJECT_NAME
  Field required [type=missing, input_value={}, input_type=dict]
    For further information visit https://errors.pydantic.dev/2.10/v/missing
POSTGRES_SERVER
  Field required [type=missing, input_value={}, input_type=dict]
    For further information visit https://errors.pydantic.dev/2.10/v/missing
POSTGRES_USER
  Field required [type=missing, input_value={}, input_type=dict]
    For further information visit https://errors.pydantic.dev/2.10/v/missing
FIRST_SUPERUSER
  Field required [type=missing, input_value={}, input_type=dict]
    For further information visit https://errors.pydantic.dev/2.10/v/missing
FIRST_SUPERUSER_PASSWORD
  Field required [type=missing, input_value={}, input_type=dict]
    For further information visit https://errors.pydantic.dev/2.10/v/missing

I changed all of the variables in the .env that specified "changethis" but am receiving this error now and cannot figure out what is wrong. What do I need to change so I can run the base template?

Operating System

macOS

Operating System Details

N/A

Python Version

3.12.1

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