Node Simple Config

Purpose

Simplifies loading of configuration file. Other modules seem to over-complicate it. Inspired by Laravel

Installation

npm install node-simple-config

Features

• Loads configuration parameters in key-value manner
• Reloads configuration file

Usage

.env

ENV=DEV
LOG_LEVEL=DEBUG
DB_HOST_NAME=database.some-dns.myserver.com
DB_HOST_PORT=6379
DB_HOST_DATABASE=Users
DB_HOST_PASSWORD=passwerd

example.js

 
// Loads config file from .env file
var config = require('node-simple-config');
 
var dbHost = config.get('DB_HOST_NAME');
var dbPort = config.get('DB_HOST_PORT');
 
console.log(dbHost); // database.some-dns.example.com
console.log(dbPort); // 6379
 
 
// Make changes to .env file
// Say we change the DB_HOST_NAME=anotherhost.com in .env file
 
config.reload();
 
var dbHost = config.get('DB_HOST_NAME');
 
console.log(dbHost); // anotherhost.com
 
 

What if you don't have .env file?

You can either:

• Create a symlink

ln -s path/to/env .env

OR

• Start the application with config path as such

node yourApp.js --config-path=path/to/env 

Test

npm test