Panda Config

Panda Config helps you manage config files.

Configuration = require "panda-config"
configuration = Configurator.create
  name: "settings"
  extension: "yml"
  format: "yaml"
options = yield Configuration.load configuration
assert options.messages.welcome == "Hello, World!"

Suppose you want a dot-file in your users' home directory:

Configuration = require "panda-config"
configuration = Configuration.create
  name: "foo"
  prefix: "."
  paths: [ process.env.HOME ]
  format: "yaml"
options = yield load configuration

You can update configurations, too, making it easy to write command-line tools that update a configuration.

options.email = "[e-mail]"
save configuration, options

Status

This is an alpha release, meaning it is not recommended for production use.

API

Configuration

create(options)

Create a new configurator object. Valid options:

• paths: the list of paths to search when loading a configuration. Defaults to ["."].

• prefix: a prefix to use when generating the filename. Defaults to an empty string.

This is useful for creating application-specific prefixes when writing to a directory shared by other applications. It's also useful for create hidden dot-files.

• extension: a file-type extension, such as .yaml. Defaults to an empty string.

• format: the desired file-format. The two currently supported formats are json and yaml.

load(configuration)

Attempts to load and parse the configuration from a file.

save(configuration)

Attempts to save a configuration.