devkits-env-editor

@devkits/env-editor

Parse, validate, and manipulate .env files. Compare .env with .env.example. Convert to JSON/YAML. Zero-dependency .env utility.

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Installation

npm install @devkits/env-editor

Usage

const {
  parse,
  validate,
  sort,
  removeDuplicates,
  toJSON,
  toYAML,
  toDocker,
  mask,
  generateExample,
  compare
} = require('@devkits/env-editor');

const envContent = `
# Database config
DATABASE_URL=postgresql://user:pass@localhost:5432/mydb
SECRET_KEY=my-secret-key
PORT=3000

# Duplicate example
PORT=3001
`;

// Parse .env content
const { vars, errors } = parse(envContent);
// vars: [{type: 'comment', raw: '# Database config', line: 1}, ...]

// Validate
const result = validate(envContent);
// { valid: true, errors: [], warnings: ['Duplicate keys: PORT'], vars: 3 }

// Sort alphabetically
sort(envContent);
// DATABASE_URL=...
// PORT=3000
// PORT=3001
// SECRET_KEY=...

// Remove duplicates
removeDuplicates(envContent);

// Convert to JSON
toJSON(envContent);
// {
//   "DATABASE_URL": "postgresql://user:pass@localhost:5432/mydb",
//   "SECRET_KEY": "my-secret-key",
//   "PORT": "3001"
// }

// Convert to YAML
toYAML(envContent);
// DATABASE_URL: "postgresql://..."

// Convert to Docker -e flags
toDocker(envContent);
// docker run \
//   -e DATABASE_URL="..." \
//   -e SECRET_KEY="..."

// Mask sensitive values
mask(envContent);
// DATABASE_URL=postgresql://...
// SECRET_KEY=********
// PORT=3000

// Generate .env.example
generateExample(envContent);
// DATABASE_URL=
// SECRET_KEY=
// PORT=

// Compare .env with .env.example
const envExample = `DATABASE_URL=
SECRET_KEY=
PORT=
REDIS_URL=`;

const diff = compare(envContent, envExample);
// { missing: ['REDIS_URL'], extra: [], match: false }

API

parse(content)

Parses .env content into structured array with type, key, value, and line info.

toObject(vars)

Converts parsed vars to plain object.

fromObject(obj)

Converts object to .env format string.

validate(content)

Validates .env content, returns {valid, errors, warnings, vars}.

sort(content)

Sorts variables alphabetically (preserves comments at top).

removeDuplicates(content)

Removes duplicate keys, keeping first occurrence.

toJSON(content, indent)

Converts .env to JSON string.

toYAML(content)

Converts .env to YAML format.

toDocker(content)

Converts .env to Docker run command with -e flags.

mask(content)

Masks sensitive values (keys containing: secret, key, password, token, etc.).

generateExample(content)

Generates .env.example with empty values.

compare(envContent, exampleContent)

Compares .env with .env.example, returns missing/extra keys.

See Also

Free Online Version: DevKits - .env Editor

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License

MIT