yayaml-config

Yet another yaml configuration module for Node.js. The settings can be defined with yaml for different environments (e.g. production and development) in a single file. Shared settings can be defined in the default environment. Choose the environment using NODE_ENV.

There are several similar modules on npm. This is based on yaml-config, but this uses a more idiomatic node style.

Installation

Clone the repo until this is put in npm registry.

Defining settings

The settings file can define one or more environments. default is used in all environments. Settings are merged for the environment that is defined.

default: 
  redis: 
    port: 6379
    host: 127.0.0.1
    db: 1
    options: {}
test: 
  redis: 
    db: 12
production: 
  redis: 
    host: 192.168.1.2
    db: 0

If the environment is set to test, redis.db is set to 12. If the environment is set to production, redis.db is set to 0. Otherwise, redis.db is set to 1.

Usage

To define the environment, set NODE_ENV on the command line, or set it in the code. If no environment is set development is assumed.

var config = require('yaml-config-reader')
  , configFile = './config-example.yaml';
config.read(configFile, function (err, settings) {
  if (err) { console.error(err); return err; }
  console.log('\nSettings for default (development)');
  console.log(util.inspect(settings));
});

The readConfig() function optionally takes a second parameter as enviroment name. If you do not define an environment, the development configuration will be loaded. For example:

config.read(configFile, 'test', function (err, settings) {
  if (err) { console.error(err); return err; }
  console.log(settings.redis.db);
});

The updateConfig() function will take current settings and save them back to the configuration file:

config.read(configFile, 'production', function (err, settings) {
  if (err) { console.error(err); return err; }
  console.log('\nCurrent settings for production');
  console.log(util.inspect(settings));

  settings.redis.host='192.168.1.2';
  config.update(settings, configFile, 'production', function (err, newSettings) {
    if (err) { console.error(err); return err; }
    console.log('\nUpdated configuration file:');
    console.log(newSettings);
  });
});

License

yayaml-config is freely distributable under the terms of the MIT License.

Copyright (c) UT-Battelle, LLC (the "Original Author")

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

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