openhim-core/src/config/config.coffee

The OpenHIM core application that provides logging and routing of http requests

nconf = require("nconf")

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# Define the default constructor
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Config = ->

  # Define the variables to use
  environment = undefined

  # Get the argument-value to use
  nconf.argv().env "_"
  environment = nconf.get("NODE:ENV") or "development"

  # Load the configuration-values
  # user specified config override
  if nconf.get("conf")
    nconf.file 'customConfigOverride', nconf.get('conf')

  # environment override
  if environment
    # appRoot is a global var - set in server.cofee
    nconf.file 'environmentOverride', appRoot + '/config/' + environment + '.json'

  # load the default config file
  # appRoot is a global var - set in server.cofee
  nconf.file 'default', appRoot + '/config/default.json'
  
  # Return the result
  return

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# This function return the value that was set in the key-value store
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Config::get = (key) ->
  nconf.get key

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# This function constructs a new instanse of this class
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module.exports = new Config()