dotenv-json

Package similar to dotenv to read from .json files. It looks for files based on NODE_ENV. Ex: .env.development.json

Usage

ES6

import dotenv from "dot-env-json";
dotenv();

CMD

node -r dot-env-json/lib/config
# change base directory from root
node -r dot-env-json/lib/config dotenv_config_base=config/

Configuration

Accepts an options object. Only valid option currently is base which sets the base path to look for files.

import dotenv from "dot-env-json";

# approot/config/.env.development.json
dotenv({
  base: "config/"
});

Cross Env

Since this package uses NODE_ENV it is recommended to use the cross-env package to set the environment in your run scripts

# gets the json file approot/env.test.json
cross-env NODE_ENV=test node -r dot-env-json/lib/config yourfile.js
# gets the json file approot/config/env.development.json
cross-env NODE_ENV=development node -r dot-env-json/lib/config dotenv_config_base=config/ yourfile.js