NConfig

NConfig is a configutration utility for Node.js application.

Installation

$ npm install nconfig

Usage

   var config = require('nconfig')(options)

where options (not necessary) object may contains:

• file (optional) - path to configutration file [default to ./config/config.js]
• env (optional) - evironment [default to process.env.NODE_ENV || 'development']

Example

Configuration file example

var rootPath = process.cwd()

module.exports = {
    default: {
        db: {
            mongo: "mongodb://192.168.2.8/main",
            postgres: "postgres://postgres:postgres@localhost/main"
        },
        path: {
            root: rootPath,
            server: rootPath + '/server'
        },
        app: {
            name: 'Example configuration file application'
        },
        allow: [12, 18, 589]
    },
    development: {
        db: {
            postgres: "postgres://postgres:postgres1@localhost/main_dev"
        }
        app: {
            name: 'Example configuration file application - development environment'
        },
        allow: [12, 589]
    }
}

Rules of merging:

• object - addition
• array (list) - overwrite