configme

configme is the simplest possible configuration module. There still make life easy for both user and creater.

Features

• search file tree for config.json
• do not conflict with other modules by using namespace
• allow manual input using object or filepath
• support non-strict defaulting

API documentation

This module primarily made to be used in other modules.

new configme(namespace, [searchPath]);

When requireing the configme module, a object constructor is returned.

• The required namespace argument is a string unique to your module, this will often be your module name. It is used when reading config.json files.
• The optional searchPath argument, is a string containg an diretory path, this will be first folder to search for config.json file. By default this is the location of the configme module folder.

var configme = require('configme');
var path = require('path');
 
var config = new configme('mymodule', path.dirname(module.filename));

Event: error

This module do not throw any errors but emits an error when. But if you do not listen to such event then Node.js will throw the error.
Should the module throw an error then please report this.

config.on('error', function (err) {
  console.error(err.trace);
});

Event: done

When a configuration object is created, the done event will fire. The event will only fire once.

config.on('done', function (info) {
  console.dir(info);
});

configme.search()

The module will first begin searching for a config.json file when this function is executed.

config.search();

configme.manual(info)

Sometimes you don't want to search for a config.json file. In that case the manual method, takes a filepath to a JSON file or a configuration object.

When using manual the namespace will be ignored.

config.manual('~/Sites/config.json');
config.manual({
  awesome: true
});

configme.configPath

This property contain the path to the configuration file if one was found or given.

However it return other values in some cases:

• Before the configme.search or configme.manual is used this propery is undefined.
• If no valid file was given or found after calling configme.search or configme.manual the value is null.

configme.parser(info, defaults)

This is a manual parser function and should not be used insted of configme.manual but in default function as a subparser. See example under default functions.

configme.defaults

This property is undefined by default, meaning that will the done event will just return the given data.

To use default values in you configuration object you should set this equal something.

config.defaults = something;

Objects

When settings defaults equal to an object, each property in the defaults object will be checks against the input object. A property value may also be another object, in that case its property will also be parsed and so it continues.

If a property exist in input but not in defaults it will just be keep as is.

config.defaults = {
  http: { port: 80, host: 'localhost' },
  useSSL: false
};
 
config.manual({
  https: { port: 443, host: 'localhost' }
  useSSL: true
});
 
config.on('data', function (info) {
  assert.deepEqual(info, {
    http: { post: 80, host: 'localhost' },
    https: { port: 443, host: 'localhost' }
    useSSL: true
  });
});

Functions

So sometimes you want more control then you can use functions. .defaults can be a function and a property can contain a function.

A function is executed with the input source as its only argument, however the this keyword refer to the object that the function exist in. The value that the function return will overwrite the input value. Note that source and this are not parsed in any way but contain the original values.

config.defaults = {
  http: { port: 80, host: 'localhost' },
  https: function (source) {
    if (this.useSSL === true && this.https !== false) {
     return configme.parser(this.https, { port: 443, host: 'localhost' });
    }
    return false;
  },
  useSSL: false
};
 
config.manual({
  https: {port: 400},
  useSSL: true
});
 
config.on('data', function (info) {
  assert.deepEqual(info, {
    http: { post: 80, host: 'localhost' },
    https: { port: 400, host: 'localhost' }
    useSSL: true
  });
});

Also if the function do not have any parent this will be undefined. However in non-strict mode undefined is not supported and this will be global.

config.defaults = {
  protocols: {
    http: function (source) {
      "use strict";
      //use this === global if "use strict" is not used.
      if (this === undefined) {
        return { port: 80, host: 'localhost' };
      }
      return configme.parser(this.http, { port: 80, host: 'localhost' });
    }
  }
};
 
//Note that protocols is not defined so the function do not have any parrents
config.manual({});
 
config.on('data', function (info) {
  assert.deepEqual(info, {
  	protocols: {
      http: { post: 80, host: 'localhost' }
  	}
  });
});

Arrays

Arrays a very like objects they are parsed by each item. However if the input was not an array it will be converted intro that, where the first item is the input. Also if no value was given as input the outcome will be an empty array.

config.defaults = {
  http: [{ port: 80, host: 'localhost' }],
  https: [{ port: 443, host: 'localhost' }]
};
 
//we won't use https
config.manual({
  http: [{ port: 80}, { port: 8000}]
});
 
config.on('data', function (info) {
  assert.deepEqual(info, {
    http: [
      { post: 80, host: 'localhost' },
      { post: 8000, host: 'localhost' }
    ],
    https: []
  });
});

Primitives

As you may have guess primitives will only overwrite the input value if non is set.

config.defaults = {
  http: false,
  https: false
};
 
//we won't use https
config.manual({
  http: true
});
 
config.on('data', function (info) {
  assert.deepEqual(info, {
    http: true,
    https: false
  });
});

License

The software is license under "MIT"

Copyright (c) 2012 Andreas Madsen

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