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Allow overriding config settings from env vars using Viper #43
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This replaces the manual file loading and parsing with [viper](https://github.com/spf13/viper). In this commit, the functionality is identical, but using viper will allow additional configuration options in the future. # Tests - Test loading from existing conf.json works and loads correct values - Test missing file is correctly reported as an error - Test default value for SMTPPort works when it's not in the conf.json
This adds the ability to override config settings with an environment variable in the form "FEATMAP_<uppercase setting name>". e.g. `FEATMAP_PORT=8080` would override the `port` value in `conf.json`. Due to the way Viper works, this cannot load from *only* env vars, so the config file is still needed and the env vars can override it. See spf13/viper#584 To help protect users from this issue, this change also adds verification that essential config settings have been configured. # Tests - Test that configuration is still loaded from the config file - Test that environment variables override the values in the config file - Test that missing settings correctly report an error
Update to only check if any configuration is missing if conf.json was loaded. If it wasn't loaded, leave the failure to load as the reported error. # Tests - Test loading without `conf.json` and check the correct error is reported - Test loading with `conf.json` but missing some entries and check errors - Test loading with complete config and check it loads correctly
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Thanks for submitting the PR! I really don't like that you need to have a configuration file even though all variables are supplied as envs. Found this: https://github.com/joho/godotenv. Any obvious downsides going with this instead? |
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This initially replaces the manual conf.json file loading and parsing with viper. The same file is still loaded from the same location and fills the same configuration struct, so there are no backwards compatibility issues.
Using viper then adds the ability to override config settings with an environment variable in the form
"FEATMAP_<uppercase setting name>". e.g.FEATMAP_PORT=8080would override theportvalue inconf.json.Due to the way Viper works, this cannot load from only env vars, so the config file is still needed and the env vars can only override it. See spf13/viper#584
To help protect users from this issue, this change also adds verification that essential config settings have been configured.
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