confit


Simple, environment-based configuration. confit loads a default JSON
configuration file, additionally loading environment-specific files, if applicable.
It will also process the loaded files using any configured
shortstop protocol handlers—see Options below.

confit adds support for adding JavaScript-style comments in your json files as each file is processed by shush before being merged into your config.

Usage

``javascript
var confit = require('confit');
`

$3

options (String | Object*) - the base directory in which config files live or a configuration object. If no
arguments is provided, defaults to the directory of the calling file.
* returns - config factory.

`javascript
'use strict';

var path = require('path');
var confit = require('confit');

var basedir = path.join(__dirname, 'config');
confit(basedir).create(function (err, config) {
config.get; // Function
config.set; // Function
config.use; // Function

config.get('env:env'); // 'development'
});
`

$3


* addOverride(filepath) (or) addOverride(obj) - Use this to add file (.json or .js), to merge with the config datastore and override the overlapping data if any. Alternatively, you can also pass a json object to override.
* addDefault(filepath) (or) addDefault(obj) - Use this to add default file (.json or .js), to merge with the config datastore and serve as the default datastore. Alternatively, you can also pass a json object for defaults.
* create(callback) - Creates the config object, ready for use. Callback signature: function (err, config) {}

`javascript
// All methods besides create are chainable
confit(options)
.addDefault('./mydefaults.json') //or .addDefault({foo: 'bar'})
.addOverride('./mysettings.json') //or .addOverride({foo: 'baz'})
.create(function (err, config) {
// ...
});

// - or -
//
// var factory = confit(options);
// factory.addOverride('./mysettings.json');
// factory.create(function (err, config) {
// // ...
// });
`

Options


basedir (String*) - the base directory in which config files can be found.
protocols (Object*) - An object containing a mapping of
shortstop protocols to either handler implementations or an array or handler implementations.
These protocols will be used to process the config data prior to registration.
If using an array of handler implementations, each handler is run in series (see Multiple handlers in the shortstop README).
defaults (String*) - the name of the file containing all default values.
Defaults to config.json.
envignore (Array*) - any properties found in process.env that should be ignored

`javascript
'use strict';

var path = require('path');
var confit = require('confit');
var handlers = require('shortstop-handlers');


var options = {
basedir: path.join(__dirname, 'config'),
protocols: {
file: handlers.file(__dirname),
glob: handlers.glob(__dirname)
}
};

confit(options).create(function (err, config) {
// ...
});
`




Config API


* get(key) - Retrieve the value for a given key. Colon-delimited keys can be used to traverse the object hierarchy.
* set(key, value) - Set a value for the given key. Colon-delimited keys can be used to traverse the object hierarchy.
* use(obj) - merge provided object into config.

`javascript
config.set('foo', 'bar');
config.get('foo'); // 'bar'

config.use({ foo: 'baz' });
config.get('foo'); // 'baz'

config.use({ a: { b: { c: 'd' } } } );
config.get('a:b:c'); // 'd'
`

Default Behavior


By default, confit loads process.env and argv values upon initialization.
Additionally, it creates convenience environment properties prefixed with
env: based on the current APP_ENV or NODE_ENV setting, defaulting to development. It
also normalizes APP_ENV/NODE_ENV settings so values starting with prod become
production, starting with stag become staging, starting with test
become test and starting with dev become development.

`javascript
// NODE_ENV='dev'
config.get('NODE_ENV'); // 'dev'
config.get('env:env'); // 'development'
config.get('env:development'); // true
config.get('env:test'); // false
config.get('env:staging'); // false
config.get('env:production'); // false
`

`javascript
// NODE_ENV='custom'
config.get('NODE_ENV'); // 'custom'
config.get('env:env'); // 'custom'
config.get('env:development'); // false
config.get('env:test'); // false
config.get('env:staging'); // false
config.get('env:production'); // false
config.get('env:custom'); // true
`
#### Precedence

Precedence takes the following form (lower numbers overwrite higher numbers):

1. command line arguments
2. env variables
3. environment-specific config (e.g., development.json)
4. main config (config.json)
5. env normalization (env, env:development, etc)

#### Shortstop Handlers

Confit by default comes with 2 shortstop handlers enabled.

* import:
Merges the contents of the specified file into configuration under a given key.
`json
{
"foo": "import:./myjsonfile"
}
`

* config:
Replaces with the value at a given key. Note that the keys in this case are dot (.) delimited.
`json
{
"foo": {
"bar": true
},
"foobar": "config:foo.bar"
}
``