I've written a module for gathering configuration parameters from common environment variables:
https://github.com/stuartpb/envigor Here's the README section on usage: Say you're making an Express app with MongoDB, that you're writing for a service like Heroku, with addons like MongoLab to provide your more general services like MongoDB. By using envigor, you can set your app up to find a configured MongoDB service with complete service agnosticism: npm install --save envigor mongodb heroku addons:add mongolab server.js: var http = require('http')var cfg = require('envigor')(); var app = require('./app.js')(cfg);http.createServer(app).listen(cfg.port || 5000, function() { console.log("Listening on " + port);}); app.js: var express = require('express');module.exports = function(cfg){ var app = express(); mongodb.MongoClient.connect(cfg.mongodb.url,function(err,db){ if(err) throw err; else app.set('db',db) } // ...your routes here... return app;} Also, I haven't tested it yet, but you should be able to set up an outgoing email service like Mandrill or Sendgrid with nodemailer.createTransport('SMTP',envigor().smtp). These are just the couple of areas where I've dealt with configuration quirks before - if anybody has any services or API configurations they'd like to add (like Twitter or Redis, which are only missing for my lack of familiarity), please, send me a pull request. -- -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
