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# Configuration Module Documentation
This Go module provides a singleton configuration object `C()` that encapsulates various configurations essential for your application. The configurations are filled during the package initialization (`init()`) by loading from `config.yml`, `Default()`, and environment variables.
## Usage
### Installation
To use this, import the package in your code:
```go
import "your_module_path/config"
```
### Configuration Options
The package allows setting up configurations in three ways:
1. **Environment Variables**
2. **Default Settings via `Default()`**
3. **Initialization from `config.yml`**
### 1. Using Environment Variables
💡 Use this way for storing `important secrets` that should not be hard coded in repo or in `config.yml` file. For example, `DB_PASSWORD`, or `JWT_SECRET`.
Environment variables are used to configure the application at runtime. The variable names must start with `EB_`, and nested variables should use `__` as a separator (`EB_DB__HOST`).
Example setting environment variables:
```go
os.Setenv("EB_DEBUG", "true")
os.Setenv("EB_MULTI_WORD_VAR", "this is a multi-word var")
// ... set other environment variables ...
```
### 2. Initialization from `config.yml`
💡 Add variables which are `dependant to the environment` that code is running or the area, the variables that `change more frequent`.
The package supports loading configurations from a YAML file named `config.yml`. Ensure the YAML file is in the correct format.
Example `config.yml` file:
```yaml
debug: true
multi_word_var: "this is a multi-word var in YAML"
db:
username: eb
password: youcannotbreakme
# ... other configurations ...
```
### 3. Default Settings via `Default()`
💡 Add variables which they have `the least probability of change`.
The `Default()` function in the package allows defining default configurations that act as fallbacks. This function should return a `Config` struct.
Example of defining default configurations:
```go
// Define default configurations
func Default() config.Config {
return config.Config{
// Define your default configurations here
Debug: true,
MultiWordVar: "default value",
Manager: manager.Config{
JWTConfig: auth.JwtConfig{
SecretKey: "the_most_secure_secret_of_all_time",
},
},
// ... other default configurations ...
}
}
```
### Accessing Configuration
#### Accessing the Configuration Singleton
To access the configuration object:
```go
// Get the configuration object
cfg := config.C()
```
### Adding New Configurations
For adding new configurations, update the `Config` struct in the package and ensure it is filled during the initialization process in the `init()` function. Following this, access the updated configuration using the `C()` function.
### Example
Here's an example demonstrating how to access the configuration object and add new configurations:
```go
package main
import (
"fmt"
"your_module_path/config"
)
func main() {
// Access the configuration object
loadedConfig := config.C()
// Access existing configurations
fmt.Println("Debug mode:", loadedConfig.Debug)
fmt.Println("Multi-word var:", loadedConfig.MultiWordVar)
// ... access other configurations ...
// Add new configurations (modify the Config struct in the package)
loadedConfig.NewConfig = "new value"
// Access the newly added configuration
fmt.Println("New Config:", loadedConfig.NewConfig)
}
```
### Important Notes
- The `Config` object, accessed via `C()`, encapsulates all configurations set during the package initialization.
- To add or modify configurations, update the `Config` struct and ensure it is filled during the initialization process (`init()`).
- The `C()` function returns a singleton instance of the configuration object filled by the `init()` function, consolidating settings from `config.yml`, `Default()`, and environment variables.
## Conclusion
This configuration module provides a convenient singleton object encapsulating configurations filled from `config.yml`, `Default()`, and environment variables during initialization. Use `C()` to access the configurations and extend the `Config` struct to incorporate additional settings as needed.