Remove unused PythonList method and enhance dotenv loading in remote e2e tests

Author: grongierisc

src/iop/cls/IOP/Test.cls

@@ -61,12 +61,6 @@ ClassMethod TestBO() As %Status
 	Return sc
 }
 
-/// List
-ClassMethod PythonList() [ Language = python ]
-{
-return [ 1, 3 ]
-}
-
 Storage Default
 {
 <Data name="TestDefaultData">

src/tests/e2e/remote/conftest.py

@@ -10,12 +10,33 @@
     IOP_NAMESPACE  default: USER
 
 Or set IOP_SETTINGS pointing to a settings.py with REMOTE_SETTINGS.
+
+Environment variables can also be provided via a .env.remote file at the
+project root, which is loaded automatically before the tests run.
 """
 import os
+import sys
+from pathlib import Path
+
 import pytest
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
+
+from os.path import dirname as d, abspath
+
+# src/tests/ root
+_tests_dir = d(d(d(abspath(__file__))))
+sys.path.append(d(_tests_dir))           # src/
 
 from iop._remote import get_remote_settings
 
+_ENV_FILE = Path(__file__).parents[4] / ".env.remote"
+
+
+def pytest_configure(config):
+    """Load .env.remote from the project root if it exists."""
+    if _ENV_FILE.exists():
+        load_dotenv(_ENV_FILE, override=False)
+
 
 def pytest_collection_modifyitems(config, items):
     skip_remote = pytest.mark.skip(