ICNF

icnf is a nodejs module for supporting simple configeration in json format (but powerfull).

License: GPL/BSD

Intro

There already exists a module named config, but for me, it is too large -- i dont want supporting yml etc features, i just want a simple solution but exactly have what i want.

So that's why i do this module. And of cause choice is yours.

How to install

npm install icnf

How to use

1. create several config files under etc/ directory in your project, for example:

   <YOUR PROJECT>
   + etc/
     + production.json
     + testing.json
     + development.json
   		comm/   -- this contains comm settings for all of the environments, but still configerable
   			+ comm.json
   			+ comm2.json
   

2. use icnf in your code

   var icnf = require('icnf')(__dirname);
   // app root directory, that is <YOUR PROJECT>
   
   var config = icnf(); 
   // default is process.env.NODE_ENV || 'production', so it will automatically choose etc/production.json.
   
   var config = icnf('development'); 
   // choose etc/development.json explicitly
   

How to use idiff

There is also a tool named idiff under bin/ above v0.0.3. This tool only check the key in the config file. For example:

$ idiff production
  checking /Users/yarco/Sites/js/icnf/test/etc/development.json
- database.port
- database.more.name
! database.more.port
- keywords.1

Argument production is the standard config file in this example. (That means you may treat that file as a standard.) This file should be located in etc/ (etc/production.json).

• - means the key database.port is lost in development.json when comparing to production.json
• ! means type does't match

Notice:

• Array like keys (ex. keywords here) will always treat as an object.
• Key exists in development but not in production will be totally ignored.
• extend part won't be checked. cause it is used for common part

Here is development to production (you could also add more files there, ex. testing.json):

$ idiff development
  checking /Users/yarco/Sites/js/icnf/test/etc/production.json
- gf
- database.more.kk
! database.more.port

Extra notice

• config file is <PROJECT>/etc/<ENV>.json, the name of etc is fixed
• the directory for comm part is comm (<PROJECT>/etc/comm/<YOUR>.json), is also fixed
• files in subdirectories under etc/ will be totally ignored when using idiff
• You can use environment variable now (>= v0.0.5), just prefix with $, for example: { "NODE_ENV": "$NODE_ENV" }. $NODE_ENV will be expanded to its real value.

ChangeLog

• 0.0.5 to 0.0.6
  • add supporting multi-confs in extend keyword, see example: test/etc/production.json , key extend
    • add key extendEnvValue in config if you want to disable checking environment variable
• 0.0.4 to 0.0.5
  • add support for environment variables, the value prefix with '$' will be expanded. (that means "KEY": "$VALUE" will be treated as "KEY": process.env.VALUE )
• 0.0.3 to 0.0.4
  • move repos from yarcowang/icnf to Yet-Another-Org/node-icnf
  • change a bit README
  • add default argument in idiff (so, it will default choose process.env.NODE_ENV || 'production' without type production
• 0.0.1 to 0.0.3
  • add idiff
  • add extend feature for common part, see example under tests/

Contact

You could contact me through [email protected] according to further debugging or maintance. Programming related topics are also welcomed.

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