dotenvjs

dotenvjs

dotenvjs is helps to get flavored with feature of .env and console.color.

This package is helps to provide many features with less efforts to save your development time.

npm install -S dotenvjs

.env Features

You can define .env in json and normal string format also.

Take a look of .env here.

.env String Format

    
    #Application settings
    SERVER_NAME=myAppServer
    SERVER_PORT=8080
    DATABASE='mongodb://localhost/test'
    REDIS_SERVER='redis://localhost:6379/'
    
    #SOCKET settings
    SOCKET_INTERVAL=****
    SOCKET_TIMEOUT=****
    
    #PUSH configurations
    PUSH_APIKEY='***********************'
    PUSH_RETRIES=2

To use this configuration.

    var env = require('dotenvjs').string();
    console.log(env.SERVER_NAME);
    //OR
    process.env.SERVER_NAME

.env JSON Format

    {
        "serverName" : "myAppServer",
        "server": {
            "port": 80
        },
    
        "database": {
            "url": "mongodb://localhost/test"
        },
    
        "redis": {
            "url":"redis://localhost:6379/"
        },
    
        "socket": {
            "interval": ****,
            "timeout": ****
        },
    
        "pushNotification":{
            "apikey": "***********************",
            "retries": 2
        }
    }

To use this configuration.

    var env = require('dotenvjs').json();
    env.serverName;
    env.database.url;

Custom environment file

Start filename with .env & specify file name with commandline argument.

>> node server.js .env.development

console.color

You can use this functionality for colorful logging in console:

Simply write :

   console.color.log('This is a simple log');
   console.color.info('This is an info');
   console.color.warn('This is a warning');
   console.color.error('This is an error');
   console.color.custom('magenta', 'MyCustom Msg',"Hello Test");

Different Colors May Apply in custom:

'cyan',
'yellow',
'green',
'magenta',
'red',
'blue',
'bright_cyan',
'bright_yellow',
'bright_green',
'bright_magenta',
'bright_red',
'bright_blue'