@boldr/config

Configuration helper for Node environments. @boldr/config combines multiple configuration files by recursively merging their properties.

It also allows you to use referenced values from your config.

Load Precedence

Files are loaded in the following order:

• /config/default.(js|json)
• /config/*.(js|json) (all files in config folder excluding local configs)
• /config/env/$NODE_ENV.(js|json)
• /config/env/$NODE_ENV.local.(js|json)
• /config/local.(js|json)

When there is no NODE_ENV set, it defaults to development.

You can adjust configuration directory with CFG_DIR environment variable. The path specified will be resolved from the root of your project (process.cwd())

Installation

$ npm install @boldr/config or $ yarn add @boldr/config

Default Config

@boldr/config uses plain JS objects as configuration.

/.boldr/config/default.js

module.exports = {
  websiteUrl: 'http://localhost:3000',
  server: {
    port: 2121,
    protocol: 'http',
    host: '0.0.0.0',
    prefix: '/api/v1',
    uploadDir: 'public/uploads/tmp'
  },
  logging: {
    level: 'debug',
    file: false,
  },
  token: {
    secret: 'b0ldrk3kwi11s15',
    expiration: 604800000,
  },
  mail: {
    host: 'smtp.example.com',
    user: '[e-mail]',
    password: 'password',
    port: 465,
    ssl: true,
    from: '[e-mail]',
  },
  db: {
    url: 'postgres://postgres:password@localhost:5432/boldr',
  },
  redis: {
    url: 'redis://127.0.0.1:6379/0',
  },

  
  tools: {
    profile: false,
    paths: {
      publicPath: '/static/',
      entry: {
        server: 'src/serverEntry.js',
        client: 'src/clientEntry.js',
      },
      vendor: 'src/vendor.js',
      output: {
        server: 'build/server',
        client: 'build/client',
      },
    },
    vendor: [],
  },
}

/.boldr/config/default.json

{
  "objectProperty": {
    "path": "/etc/files",
    "anotherProperty": {
      "size": 10
    }
  },
 
  "cache": {
    "expiration": 300
  },
 
  "server": {
    "port": 12345,
    "host": "localhost",
    "version": "1.2.3"
  },
 
  "boolProperty": true,
  "stringProperty": "lol"
 
}

Usage

Load the module into your app, import config from '@boldr/config';. Directly access property on config object.

Alternatively, you may use get/has methods.

const config = require('@boldr/config');
console.log(config.cache.expiration);

config.get(key: string, defaultValue: any): any

const config = require('@boldr/config');
console.log(config.get('cache.expiration')); // prints 300
console.log(config.get('cache.another')); // prints undefined
console.log(config.get('cache.another', 123)); // prints 123

config.has(key: string): bool

const config = require('@boldr/config');
console.log(config.has('cache.expiration')); // prints true

config.addOptions(options: object|string, optional: bool)

This method is used for adding configuration on the fly. You can pass an object with additional configuration, or a string path to JS/JSON file, that exports the configuration.

const config = require('@boldr/config');
console.log(config.newKey); // prints undefined
config.addOptions({newKey: 123});
console.log(config.newKey); // prints 123 

const config = require('@boldr/config');
config.addOptions(__dirname + '/routes'); // load routes.js file exporting routes object
console.log(config.routes); // prints routes object 

Merging configuration

When multiple configuration files has same keys, their values are merged instead of replacement.

const config = require('@boldr/config');
config.addOptions({
  log: {level: 'error', path: 'error.log'}
});
config.addOptions({
  log: {level: 'trace'}
});
console.log(config.log.level); // prints 'trace' 
console.log(config.log.path); // prints 'error.log'