env alternatives and similar packages
Based on the "Configuration" category
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hjson
Human JSON, a configuration file format for humans. Relaxed syntax, fewer mistakes, more comments. -
joshbetz/config
A small configuration library for Go that parses environment variables, JSON files, and reloads automatically on SIGHUP. -
gcfg
read INI-style configuration files into Go structs; supports user-defined types and subsections -
goConfig
Parse a struct as input and populates the fields of this struct with parameters fom command line, environment variables and configuration file. -
configure
Provides configuration through multiple sources, including JSON, flags and environment variables. -
gone/jconf
Modular JSON configuration. Keep you config structs along the code they configure and delegate parsing to submodules without sacrificing full config serialization.
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README
env
Simple lib to parse envs to structs in Go.
Example
A very basic example:
package main
import (
"fmt"
"time"
// if using go modules
"github.com/caarlos0/env/v6"
// if using dep/others
"github.com/caarlos0/env"
)
type config struct {
Home string `env:"HOME"`
Port int `env:"PORT" envDefault:"3000"`
IsProduction bool `env:"PRODUCTION"`
Hosts []string `env:"HOSTS" envSeparator:":"`
Duration time.Duration `env:"DURATION"`
TempFolder string `env:"TEMP_FOLDER" envDefault:"${HOME}/tmp" envExpand:"true"`
}
func main() {
cfg := config{}
if err := env.Parse(&cfg); err != nil {
fmt.Printf("%+v\n", err)
}
fmt.Printf("%+v\n", cfg)
}
You can run it like this:
$ PRODUCTION=true HOSTS="host1:host2:host3" DURATION=1s go run main.go
{Home:/your/home Port:3000 IsProduction:true Hosts:[host1 host2 host3] Duration:1s}
Supported types and defaults
Out of the box all built-in types are supported, plus a few others that are commonly used.
Complete list:
stringboolintint8int16int32int64uintuint8uint16uint32uint64float32float64stringtime.Durationencoding.TextUnmarshalerurl.URL
Pointers, slices and slices of pointers of those types are also supported.
You can also use/define a custom parser func for any other type you want.
If you set the envDefault tag for something, this value will be used in the
case of absence of it in the environment.
By default, slice types will split the environment value on ,; you can change
this behavior by setting the envSeparator tag.
If you set the envExpand tag, environment variables (either in ${var} or
$var format) in the string will be replaced according with the actual value
of the variable.
Unexported fields are ignored.
Custom Parser Funcs
If you have a type that is not supported out of the box by the lib, you are able
to use (or define) and pass custom parsers (and their associated reflect.Type)
to the env.ParseWithFuncs() function.
In addition to accepting a struct pointer (same as Parse()), this function
also accepts a map[reflect.Type]env.ParserFunc.
env also ships with some pre-built custom parser funcs for common types. You
can check them out [here](parsers/).
If you add a custom parser for, say Foo, it will also be used to parse
*Foo and []Foo types.
This directory contains pre-built, custom parsers that can be used with env.ParseWithFuncs
to facilitate the parsing of envs that are not basic types.
Check the example in the go doc for more info.
Required fields
The env tag option required (e.g., env:"tagKey,required") can be added
to ensure that some environment variable is set. In the example above,
an error is returned if the config struct is changed to:
type config struct {
Home string `env:"HOME"`
Port int `env:"PORT" envDefault:"3000"`
IsProduction bool `env:"PRODUCTION"`
Hosts []string `env:"HOSTS" envSeparator:":"`
SecretKey string `env:"SECRET_KEY,required"`
}
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