def load(self, requirements_file=None):
        """Load or reload requirements from a requirements.txt file.

        :param requirements_file: if not given, the filename used from
            initialization will be read again.
        """
        if requirements_file is None:
            requirements_file = self.filename
            if requirements_file is None:
                raise ValueError("no filename provided")
        elif isinstance(requirements_file, text_type):
            requirements_file = Path(requirements_file)
        self.clear()
        with requirements_file.open() as f:
            self.loads(f.read())

        if isinstance(requirements_file, (text_type, Path)):
            self.filename = requirements_file
def from_envvar(self, variable_name: str, silent: bool = False) -> bool:
        """Loads a configuration from an environment variable pointing to
        a configuration file.  This is basically just a shortcut with nicer
        error messages for this line of code::

            app.config.from_pyfile(os.environ['YOURAPPLICATION_SETTINGS'])

        :param variable_name: name of the environment variable
        :param silent: set to ``True`` if you want silent failure for missing
                       files.
        :return: bool. ``True`` if able to load config, ``False`` otherwise.
        """
        rv = os.environ.get(variable_name)
        if not rv:
            if silent:
                return False
            raise RuntimeError(
                f"The environment variable {variable_name!r} is not set"
                " and as such configuration could not be loaded. Set"
                " this variable and make it point to a configuration"
                " file"
            )
        return self.from_pyfile(rv, silent=silent)