formicidae

Update .env files in Go with code.

What is fomicidae?

formicidate is a small tool for Go application. You can update the value of environment variables in a .env file with code. This can be handy in situations that you want to update the values programmatically like in unit tests.

Installation

go get github.com/papasavva/formicidae

Usage

Add your application configuration to your .env file of your project:

S3_BUCKET=myBucket
SECRET_KEY=mySecretKeyGoesHere

Then in your app you can do something like:

package main

import (
    "github.com/papasavva/formicidae"
)

func main() {
	updatedContent, err := formicidae.UpdateVariable(".env", "SECRET_KEY", "myNewSecretKey")
	...
}

Notes

• If you wish to update multiple variables, you can call the function multiple times.
• The function will return the content of the whole file.

Contributing

Contributions are welcomed.

1. Fork it
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Added some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create new Pull Request

Licence

The code is licensed under the permissive MIT licence. Read this for a summary.