assert-dotenv = dotenv + dotenv-assert

One fell swoop for loading and asserting environment settings in node.

• This module now fully supports sync and async execution
  • Synchronous execution throws errors (when errors)
  • Asnychronous execution passes errors to the error-first callback

• Storing configuration in the environment is one of the tenets of a twelve-factor app.
• Implicit default settings can lead to confusing troubleshooting scenarios and should be avoided entirely.
• The assert.env file only lists what environment settings (keys) are required without providing values like private tokens, passwords, etc. and therefore can and should be checked into version control repositories.
  • .env files contain setting keys and values, therefore, they should not be checked into version control repositories.

An exception is thrown if any of these cases are true:

• An assert.env (or otherwise specified) file is not found
• The keys listed in the assert.env file are not set on the process.env node object

Otherwise, your environment settings are applied and your application executes as expected.

$ npm install --save assert-dotenv

/**
*  Synchronously load .env and assert.env files from CWD or
*  from the nearest parent directory where they are found.
*/
require('assert-dotenv')();

/**
*  or, specify custom file locations and/or file names
*
*  CAVEAT: specifying a filename (without a path) will cause
*  the file to be loaded from CWD or the nearest parent
*  directory where it is found.
*/
require('assert-dotenv')({
  dotenvFile: '../configs/.env.staging',
  assertFile: 'assert.env.staging'
});

/**
*  Asynchronous execution occurs when you provide a callback
*/
require('assert-dotenv')(function(error){
  if(error) throw error;

  console.log('Environment Settings Loaded and Asserted!');
});

/**
*  also, you can async with options
*/
require('assert-dotenv')({
  dotenvFile: 'dev.env',
  assertFile: 'assert.dev.env'
}, function(error){
  if(error) throw error;

  console.log('Environment Settings Loaded and Asserted!');
});

• ~/app/.env

  IP=127.0.0.1
  PORT=1337
  

• ~/app/assert.env

  IP
  PORT
  

• ~/app/index.js

  • Synchronous Example

    require('assert-dotenv')();
    
    var http = require('http');
    
    http.createServer(function(request, response) {
      response.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/plain'});
      response.end('Hello World\n');
    }).listen(process.env.PORT, process.env.IP);
    
    console.log('==> Server running at http://' + process.env.IP + ':' + process.env.PORT + '/');

  • Asynchronous Example

    require('assert-dotenv')(function(error) {
      if(error) throw error;
    
      var http = require('http');
    
      http.createServer(function (request, response) {
        response.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/plain'});
        response.end('Hello World\n');
      }).listen(process.env.PORT, process.env.IP);
    
      console.log('==> Server running at http://' + process.env.IP + ':' + process.env.PORT + '/');
    });

• Start the server and see that all is well

  $ node ~/app/index.js
  ==> Server running at http://127.0.0.1:1337/

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