hconfig

hconfig translates ENV vars into Config.* attributes, with presence validation and type casting. hconfig is intended to be used in environments (Heroku, in my case) where much of the config is stored in ENV.

hconfig is a standalone gem version of the CastingConfigHelpers module from Pliny.

Installation

gem 'hconfig'

Usage

module Config
  extend HConfig

  mandatory :database_url, string
  optional  :versioning_default, string
  override  :port, 5000, int
end

ENV["DATABASE_URL"] = "postgres:///thing-db"

Config.database_url
# => "postgres:///thing-db"

RbConfig Note

If you're mixing this into a module named Config, RbConfig will warn you about doing so. You can supress the warning via:

Object.send(:remove_const, :Config) if Object.const_defined?(:Config)

Alternatively, you can just namespace Config under your app/lib/etc.

Mandatory Variables

An exception is raised when the ENV var is missing.

mandatory :database_url, string

Optional Variables

The value is returned if set, otherwise nil.

optional :versioning_default, string

Override

The value is returned if set, otherwise the default value will be returned.

override :port, 5000, int

Development

$ bundle install
$ rake