jsonflag

Use JSON configs and environmental variables in conjunction with Go's flag package.

See the godocs for documentation and a working example.

Example

Example config.json file:

{
"flag1": "jsonFlag1",
"flag2": "jsonFlag2",
"flag3": 3,  // Trailing commas and comments in json config are recommended.  
}

// Config struct name (tag should) match the json key.  
type Config struct {
	Flag1 string
	Flag2 string
	Flag3 int
}

func main(){
	var config Config
	// `flag` is still from the standard library.
	flag.StringVar(&config.Flag1, "flag1name", "defaultFlag1", "flag1Desc")
	flag.StringVar(&config.Flag2, "flag2name", "defaultFlag2", "flag2Desc")
	flag.IntVar(&config.Flag3, "flag3name", 1, "flag3Desc")

	// Instead of `flag.parse`, use `jsonflag.Parse(&config)`
	// This is the only line that must be different from using `flag` normally.  
	jsonflag.Parse(&config)
}

Environmental variables and cli flags give further flexibility. See the documentation for order of precedence.

`FLAG1=flag1EnvValue go run --flag2=flag2CliValue`