itconfig/README.md

# itconfig
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Easy build a configs from environment variables and use it in globally.

We recommend you start with the [documentation].


## Motivation

I began to use rust with web programming experience where environment variables are widely used 
and often there are more then 50 of them. First I looked at already created libraries. 
But there it's necessary to initialise structure that needs to be moved to each function 
where you need variable. It uses little bit memory, but configuration lifetime is as long 
as application lifetime. Because of it I decided to create my own library.


## Example usage

```rust
#[macro_use] extern crate itconfig;
use std::env;
//use dotenv::dotenv;

config! {
    DEBUG: bool => false,
    
    #[env_name = "APP_HOST"]
    HOST: String => "127.0.0.1",
    
    DATABASE_URL < (
        "postgres://",
        POSTGRES_USERNAME => "user",
        ":",
        POSTGRES_PASSWORD => "pass",
        "@",
        POSTGRES_HOST => "localhost:5432",
        "/",
        POSTGRES_DB => "test",
    ),
    
    APP {
        ARTICLE {
            PER_PAGE: u32 => 15,
        }
        
        #[cfg(feature = "companies")]
        COMPANY {
            #[env_name = "INSTITUTIONS_PER_PAGE"]
            PER_PAGE: u32 => 15,
        }
    }
    
    FEATURE {
        NEW_MENU: bool => false,
    
        COMPANY {
            PROFILE: bool => false,
        }
    }
}

fn main () {
    // dotenv().ok();
    env::set_var("FEATURE_NEW_MENU", "t");
    
    cfg::init();
    assert_eq!(cfg::HOST(), String::from("127.0.0.1"));
    assert_eq!(cfg::DATABASE_URL(), String::from("postgres://user:pass@localhost:5432/test"));
    assert_eq!(cfg::APP:ARTICLE:PER_PAGE(), 15);
    assert_eq!(cfg::FEATURE::NEW_MENU(), true);
}
```

## Running tests

```bash
cargo test
```


## Roadmap

* [x] Add namespace for variables
* [x] Custom env name
* [x] Support feature config and other meta directives
* [x] Add default value to env if env is not found
* [x] Concat env variables to one variable
* [x] Add nested namespaces
* [x] Support meta for namespaces
* [ ] Support array type
* [ ] Support hashmap type
* [ ] Support custom env type
* [ ] Common configuration for namespace variables


## License

[MIT] © [Ice Temple](https://github.com/icetemple)


## Contributors

[pleshevskiy](https://github.com/pleshevskiy) (Dmitriy Pleshevskiy) – creator, maintainer.


[documentation]: https://docs.rs/itconfig
[MIT]: https://github.com/icetemple/itconfig-rs/blob/master/LICENSE