configure-env

CLI tool to generate and populate .env files from .env.example templates.

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About

configure-env will read a .env.example or any other similar .env file and prompt for values for each variable that has a comment header above it. Afterwards it will generate a .env file out of it.

It works as a more user-friendly approach to:

cp .env.example .env

Installation

You can install the CLI tool via npm or another package manager. Ideally install it as a dev dependency instead of global:

# Install it as a dev dependency
npm install configure-env --save-dev

# Afterwards you can use by using:
node_modules/.bin/configure-env

npx configure-env

# Or inside your package.json scripts section as "configure-env"

Usage

In a project that contains a .env.example file, run:

$ npx configure-env --help
Prompts user for environment variables and generates .env files based on a
.env.example file

Usage:
  configure-env.js -o [outputFile] -i [exampleFile]

Options:
  --help        Show help                                              [boolean]
  --version     Show version number                                    [boolean]
  --output, -o  Location of the .env file that should be written
                                                      [string] [default: ".env"]
  --input, -i   Location of input .env.example file for prompts
                                              [string] [default: ".env.example"]
  --verbose                                           [boolean] [default: false]

Examples:
  npx configure-env       Reads a .env.example file in the current directory and
                          creates a .env file
  configure-env.js | cat  The output can be either written to a file or piped to
                          another process

This project is part of Twilio Labs. Please file any issues
github.com/twilio-labs/configure-env

Contributing

This project welcomes contributions from the community. Please see the CONTRIBUTING.md file for more details.

Code of Conduct

Please be aware that this project has a Code of Conduct. The tldr; is to just be excellent to each other ❤️

Contributors

Thanks goes to these wonderful people (emoji key):

Dominik Kundel 💻

This project follows the all-contributors specification. Contributions of any kind welcome!

License

MIT