Garry's Mod dotenv

A small Addon which aims to bring the advantages from the dotenv to Garry's Mod Coding!

It loads itself on startup and makes all Variables accessible to you.

Usage

Simply drop a file called ".env" into the "data" Folder of your Server (garrysmod/data) and fill it like this:

KEY = VALUE
key = value
...

The hook "dotenvFinished" is called when the Module has finished loading. Add a Hook like this to load something afterwards. Should be nearly identical to GM:Initialize()

hook.Add( "dotenvFinished", "your-unique-name", function() dosomething() end)

Helper

There are two small helper Functions getenv and setenv to help you access and change the Variables more easily

getenv( id, default )

Returns the data,if its not defined the default or nil if nothing is defined

setenv( id, data )

Sets the Value of id to data

Advanced Setup / Multiple Profiles

You can easily change the name of the file that should be loaded with a small hook :

hook.Add( "dotenvInitializing", "gmod-dotenv-changename", function() return "production.env" end)

Note: The Hook has to be added before the GM:Initializing is being called!