bower-config

What is bower-config?

The bower-config npm package is used to manage Bower configuration files. It allows you to read, modify, and write Bower configuration settings programmatically.

What are bower-config's main functionalities?

Reading Configuration

This feature allows you to read the Bower configuration settings from the .bowerrc file or other configuration sources.

const Config = require('bower-config');
const config = Config.read();
console.log(config);

Modifying Configuration

This feature allows you to modify the Bower configuration settings and write them back to the configuration file.

const Config = require('bower-config');
const config = Config.read();
config.directory = 'new_components';
Config.write(config);

Setting Defaults

This feature allows you to set default values for Bower configuration settings.

const Config = require('bower-config');
const config = Config.read();
config.defaults = { directory: 'default_components' };
Config.write(config);

Other packages similar to bower-config

rc

The rc package is a non-opinionated configuration loader for Node.js. It allows you to load configuration files from various sources, including JSON, INI, and environment variables. Unlike bower-config, which is specific to Bower, rc is more general-purpose and can be used for any Node.js application.

config

The config package is a configuration manager for Node.js applications. It allows you to define configuration settings for different environments and load them based on the current environment. While bower-config is specific to Bower, config is more versatile and can be used for any Node.js application.

nconf

The nconf package is a hierarchical configuration manager for Node.js. It allows you to load configuration settings from multiple sources, including command-line arguments, environment variables, and configuration files. Unlike bower-config, which is tailored for Bower, nconf is more flexible and can be used for various types of Node.js applications.

README

bower-config

The Bower config (.bowerrc) reader and writer.

Bower can be configured using JSON in a .bowerrc file. For example:

{
  "directory": "app/components/",
  "timeout": 120000,
  "registry": {
    "search": [
      "http://localhost:8000",
      "https://registry.bower.io"
    ]
  }
}

View the complete .bowerrc specification on the website for more details. Both the bower.json and .bowerrc specifications are maintained at github.com/bower/spec.

Install

$ npm install --save bower-config

Usage

.load(overwrites)

Loads the bower configuration from the configuration files.

Configuration is overwritten (after camelcase normalisation) with overwrites argument.

This method overwrites following environment variables:

• HTTP_PROXY with proxy configuration variable
• HTTPS_PROXY with https-proxy configuration variable
• NO_PROXY with no-proxy configuration variable

It also clears http_proxy, https_proxy, and no_proxy environment variables.

To restore those variables you can use restore method.

restore()

Restores environment variables overwritten by .load method.

.toObject()

Returns a deep copy of the underlying configuration object. The returned configuration is normalised. The object keys will be camelCase.

#create(cwd)

Obtains a instance where cwd is the current working directory (defaults to process.cwd);

var config = require('bower-config').create();
// You can also specify a working directory
var config2 = require('bower-config').create('./some/path');

#read(cwd, overrides)

Alias for:

var configObject = (new Config(cwd)).load(overrides).toJson();

License

Released under the MIT License.