ENVDOTJSON

ENVDOTJSON is a module loads environment variable from a single json file into process.env. Note: this module cannot be used in the browser.

Installation

$ npm i envdotjson

Usage

Require envdotjson as early as possible in your app, and load the environment variables

require('envdotjson').load();

Create a env.json file in your root directory, with the following format

{
  "default": {
    "PORT": "3000",
    "DB_NAME": "user"
  }
}

NOTE: variables in default will gets loaded in any environment stages

BUT, you can overwrite it in any environment stage

{
  "default": {
    "PORT": "3000",
    "DB_NAME": "user"
  },
  "tst": {
    "DB_NAME": "user-test"
  }
}

In order to get process.env.DB_NAME === "user-test", you need to set the NODE_ENV=tst first, for example:

$ NODE_ENV=tst node index.js

set the NODE_ENV in your env.json file will not work.

License

MIT