run-env

A small NPM script-runner to easily substitute NODE_ENV from npm scripts name

Installation

# Install it either globally
npm i -g run-env

# Or locally in your project
npm i --save run-env

Usage

This utility is used to substitute NODE_ENV variable in NPM scripts like :

{
  "scripts": {
    "serve": "my-command app/",
    "serve:dev": "NODE_ENV=development my-command app/",
    "serve:prod": "NODE_ENV=production my-command app/",
    "serve:custom": "NODE_ENV=some_custom_env my-command app/"
  }
}

in order to only have to write :

{
  "scripts": {
    "serve": "my-command app/",
    "serve:dev": "run-env",
    "serve:prod": "run-env",
    "serve:custom": "run-env"
  }
}

The runner will use the script name prefix if no argument is provided.

Default substitution includes:

• :dev -> NODE_ENV=development
• :prod -> NODE_ENV=production
• :local -> NODE_ENV=local
• :test -> NODE_ENV=test
• :ci -> NODE_ENV=ci

One can add a custom substitution using an env variable name this way :

• :<custom_suffix> will use value from NPM_RUN_ENV_<custom_suffix_uppercased>_SUBSTITUTION

And the same way, default substitutions can be changed this way too.

For example :

• NPM_RUN_ENV_CUSTOM_SUBSTITUTION=custom_env will yield :custom -> NODE_ENV=custom_env
• NPM_RUN_ENV_DEV_SUBSTITUTION=custom_dev will yield :dev -> NODE_ENV=custom_dev

Limitation

The runner expect to be used directly in package.json scripts, it won't work if you do an indirect execution :

{
  "scripts": {
    "env": "run-env",
    "serve:dev": "npm run env" // WON'T WORK
  }
}