env

env is a tiny package to handle environment variables in go application.

Install

go get github.com/anshuraghuvansi/env

OR in Go Mod file:

require (
	github.com/anshuraghuvansi/env v1.0.0
)

Getting Started

Create a file with the name of environment(Ex. development.env, testing.env etc) in root directory.

Put the variables in the file like this

PORT=8080
PASSWORD=YSG&*^HDHS

and then import the package in main package and configure the env

import (
	"env/env"
)

func main() {

	env.Configure()
  
}

Export the enviroment before runing the application For example

export environment=development

then run the go application using

go run main.go

now variable are available as env variable and can be access like this

import (
	"env/env"
	"fmt"
	"os"
)

func main() {

	env.Configure()

	port := os.Getenv("PORT")
	pwd := os.Getenv("PASSWORD")

	fmt.Println(port)
	fmt.Println(pwd)
	
	To get specific type of value 
	
	prod, ok := GetBoolValue("IS_PRODUCTION")
	if ok {
		fmt.Println(prod)
	}
}