rcfg

Search for configurable package.json-aware sync/async rc alternative ends here.

Installation

npm i rcfg --save

Usage

var rc = require('rcfg');

// load synchronously (looks for .apprc, <package.json as JSON>['app'], ...)
// (for complete list of sources see "Defaults" -> "Load order"))
var cfg = rc('app');

// load asynchronously
rc('app', function (err, cfg) { ... })
rc('app', {cwd: '/something/other/than/process.cwd()'}, function (err, cfg) { ... })

You might want to use rcfg together with object-path (or similar), like so:

var cfg = require("object-path")(require('rcfg')('app'));

// check that path exists
cfg.has('key.nested_key.another_nested_key');

// get deep property (with optional default value)
cfg.get('key.nested_key.another_nested_key', 'default_value')

// get the first non-undefined value
cfg.coalesce(['a.b', 'a.c.d'], 'default_value');

Defaults

Load order

sources higher in the list take precedence over those located lower

• env variables: ${name}_key(__anotherkey)?

  example: name_foo__bar__baz=qux translates to {foo: {bar: {baz: "qux"}}}

• command line: --config <file>

• closest .${name}rc* (search will stop on reaching package.json)

• closest package.json (content of [pkgField || name])

• ~/.${name}rc*

• ~/.${name}/config***

• ~/.config/${name}rc**

• ~/.config/${name}/config***

• /etc/${name}rc**

• /etc/${name}/config***

• defaults (rcfg('name', {def: {foo: {bar: "baz"}}}))

* or .${name}rc.{json,yml,yaml}, .${name}.{json,yml,yaml}
** or ${name}rc.{json,yml,yaml}, ${name}.{json,yml,yaml}
*** config.json, config.{yml,yaml} will be tried too

This list is controlled by src option.

Formats

Config files can be written in json or yaml. Additional file types can be registered using fmt option. For example, in order to support toml all you need to do is:

var toml = require('toml');

var cfg = rc('name', {
  fmt: function (def) {
    return def.concat({ext: 'toml', parser: toml.parse});
  }
});

Merge strategy

deep (e.g. ~/.apprc {foo: {bar: {baz: 1}}, dox: -3} + .apprc {foo: {bar: {qux: 2}}, dox: 3} = {foo: {bar: {baz: 1, qux: 2}}, dox: 3}). Can be overwritten with merge option.

License

MIT License