configit

A wrapper for grabbing env vars from either process.env or a config file depending on the NODE_ENV.

Heavily (totally) influenced and inspired by a pattern that @tautologistics implemented at Moveline.

usage

config/{env}.json file structure

super-config expects a config/{env}.json convention, something like the following:

+--app
+--package.json
+--config
|  +--development.json
|  +--testing.json
|  +--production.json

Where development.json looks like:

//development.json
{
  "PORT": "3000",
  "JEDI_NAME": "Dinkus"
}

Set your NODE_ENV (configit defaults to 'development'), and....

var Config = require('configit')()

console.log(Config.get("JEDI_NAME")); // Dinkus

configit expects a JSON file to exist at '/config/' + process.env.NODE_ENV.toLowerCase(). If one does not, you will see a message logged to the console telling you just that.

###process.env[key] overwrites config/{env}[key]

Any keys added to process.env will overwrite any matching keys in the config file.

Prefix the above example with a JEDI_NAME="Dorku", and run:

var Config = require('configit')()

console.log(Config.get("JEDI_NAME")); // Dorku