Plugin Config Loader
Load your plugin configuration easily into a single plain old javascript object, either if it has been provided in the package.json
file or in some file named with your plugin's name.
Install
npm install @universal-packages/plugin-config-loader
Global methods
loadPluginConfig(pluginName: string, [options])
Reads deeply into files and directories named as the plugin name provided and get all the contents of the configuration files into a plain old javascript object.
import { loadPluginConfig } from '@universal-packages/plugin-config-loader'
const config = await loadPluginConfig('plugin')
console.log(config)
Loads all config files as json that matches the criteria in a conventional, files like:
| package.json <- First priority
| "plugin": { ... }
| plugin <- Forth priority
| anything.json <- 2
| anything.yaml <- loaded if not json
| anything.[js|ts] <- loaded if not yaml
| .plugin <- Fifth priority
| anything.json <- 2
| anything.yaml <- loaded if not json
| anything.[js|ts] <- loaded if not yaml
| plugin.json <- Second priority
| plugin.yaml <- loaded if not json
| plugin.[js|ts] <- loaded if not yaml
| .plugin.json <- Third priority
| .plugin.yaml <- loaded if not json
| .plugin.[js|ts] <- loaded if not yaml
You can always modify the priority of location and format in the options.
Options
-
cleanOrphanReplaceable
boolean
Replaceable strings that are not found in the environment variables will be removed from the final values.
-
defaultConfig
Object
Use to fill config that may not be present in the configuration files.
-
formatPriority
['json' | 'yaml' | 'yml' | 'js' | 'ts']
Prioritization order if one format is desired but does not exists which one try next?
-
loadFrom
string
By default it will try to load from the root path but a different path can be specified to load from.
-
locationPriority
['package' | 'root' | '.root' | 'directory' | '.directory']
By default is loaded from the package first but you can change the order of the location to be fetch first.
package
: Internally embedded in the package.json fileroot
: A file named as the plugin name, ex: jest.js
.root
: A file named as the plugin name with a prefixed dot, ex: .jest.js
directory
: A folder containing more that one config file named as the plugin name, ex: ./github
.directory
: A folder containing more that one config file named as the plugin name with a prefixed dot, ex: ./.github
-
selectEnvironment
string | boolean
If you want your files to be post processed after loaded with a selection of an environment section you can specify the name of the environment to select or pass true
to automatically set from NODE_ENV
.
Typescript
This library is developed in TypeScript and shipped fully typed.
Contributing
The development of this library happens in the open on GitHub, and we are grateful to the community for contributing bugfixes and improvements. Read below to learn how you can take part in improving this library.
License
MIT licensed.