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https://github.com/cristalhq/aconfig

Simple, useful and opinionated config loader.
https://github.com/cristalhq/aconfig

command-line config configuration configuration-files dependency-free environment environment-variables go golang json toml yaml

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Simple, useful and opinionated config loader.

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# aconfig

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Simple, useful and opinionated config loader.

## Rationale

There are many solutions regarding configuration loading in Go. I was looking for a simple loader that is as easy to use and understand as possible. The goal was to load config from 4 places: defaults (in the code), files, environment variables, command-line flags. This library works with all of these sources.

## Features

* Simple API.
* Clean and tested code.
* Automatic fields mapping.
* Supports different sources:
* defaults in the code
* files (JSON, YAML, TOML, DotENV, HCL)
* environment variables
* command-line flags
* Dependency-free (file parsers are optional).
* Ability to walk over configuration fields.

## Install

Go version 1.14+

```
go get github.com/cristalhq/aconfig
```

## Example

```go
type MyConfig struct {
Port int `default:"1111" usage:"just give a number"`
Auth struct {
User string `required:"true"`
Pass string `required:"true"`
}
Pass string `default:"" env:"SECRET" flag:"sec_ret"`
}

var cfg MyConfig
loader := aconfig.LoaderFor(&cfg, aconfig.Config{
// feel free to skip some steps :)
// SkipDefaults: true,
// SkipFiles: true,
// SkipEnv: true,
// SkipFlags: true,
EnvPrefix: "APP",
FlagPrefix: "app",
Files: []string{"/var/opt/myapp/config.json", "ouch.yaml"},
FileDecoders: map[string]aconfig.FileDecoder{
// from `aconfigyaml` submodule
// see submodules in repo for more formats
".yaml": aconfigyaml.New(),
},
})

// IMPORTANT: define your own flags with `flagSet`
flagSet := loader.Flags()

if err := loader.Load(); err != nil {
panic(err)
}

// configuration fields will be loaded from (in order):
//
// 1. defaults set in structure tags (see MyConfig defenition)
// 2. loaded from files `file.json` if not `ouch.yaml` will be used
// 3. from corresponding environment variables with the prefix `APP_`
// 4. command-line flags with the prefix `app.` if they are
```

Also see examples: [examples_test.go](https://github.com/cristalhq/aconfig/blob/master/example_test.go).

Integration with `spf13/cobra` [playground](https://play.golang.org/p/OsCR8qTCN0H).

## Documentation

See [these docs][pkg-url].

## License

[MIT License](LICENSE).

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[build-url]: https://github.com/cristalhq/aconfig/actions
[pkg-img]: https://pkg.go.dev/badge/cristalhq/aconfig
[pkg-url]: https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/cristalhq/aconfig
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[version-url]: https://github.com/cristalhq/aconfig/releases