config-cjson

A small utility to load config files written in cjson (JSON with comments).

Inspiration: https://www.npmjs.com/package/oconf

usage

1. Use as a module

   const  pathModule = require('path');
   const loadConfig = require("config-cjson");
   .
   .
   .
   const config = await loadConfig(
       pathModule.resolve(__dirname, "..", "config", "development.cjson")
   );

2. Use as CLI - prints config in the terminal

   ./node_modules/.bin/config-cjson <config file path>

supported directives

1. #include - directive to include parent configs, path to included config can be relative(relative to the first config loaded) or absolute.

   {
       "#include": "common.cjson",
       .
       .
       .
   }

   or

   {
       "#include": ["common.cjson", "production.cjson"],
       .
       .
       .
   }

2. #public - directive to expose a property on a separate #public attribute.

   {
       ...
       "title#public": "My App"
       ...
   }

   or

       ...
       "lang#public": {
           "defaultLocale": "en-US",
           "supportedLocales: ["en-US", "es-ES"]
       }
       ...

   Below is not supported

   # Not supported
   "#public": {
       "lang" : {
           "defaultLocale": "en-US"
       }
   }