Refactor scan_properties.py to improve environment variable loading

- Introduce a new function to load environment variables from multiple potential .env file locations
- Enhance error handling by providing a warning if no .env file is found
- Streamline the loading process for better configuration management

Author: Adriano Sanges

.dockerignore

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+.env
+*.env
+.env.* 

real-estate-etl/scan_properties.py

@@ -7,13 +7,19 @@
 import os
 from telegram_api import send_message, format_property_message
 
+def load_env_file():
+    if os.path.exists("../.env"):
+        load_dotenv("../.env")
+    elif os.path.exists("../files/.env"):
+        load_dotenv("../files/.env")
+    else:
+        print("Warning: No .env file found in ../.env or ../files/.env")
 
+load_env_file()
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
 
 
-    load_dotenv("../.env")
-
     url: str = os.getenv("scrape_url")
     warehouse_name: str = os.getenv("warehouse_name")
     motherduck_token: str = os.getenv("motherduck_token")