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DotEnv

GoLobby DotEnv is a lightweight package for loading OS environment variables into structs in Go projects.

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Supported Versions

It requires Go v1.11 or newer versions.

Installation

To install this package run the following command in the root of your project.

go get github.com/golobby/dotenv

Usage Example

Sample .env file:

DEBUG=true

APP_NAME=MyApp
APP_PORT=8585

DB_NAME=shop
DB_PORT=3306
DB_USER=root
DB_PASS=secret

Sample .go file:

type Config struct {
    Debug bool      `dotenv:"DEBUG"`
    App struct {
        Name string `dotenv:"APP_NAME"`
        Port int16  `dotenv:"APP_PORT"`
    }
    Database struct {
        Name string `dotenv:"DB_NAME"`
        Port int16  `dotenv:"DB_PORT"`
        User string `dotenv:"DB_USER"`
        Pass string `dotenv:"DB_PASS"`
    }
}

c := Config{}
f, err := os.Open(".env")
err = dotenv.Load(f, &c)

// Use `c` struct in your app!

See Also

• GoLobby/Config: A lightweight yet powerful config package for Go projects
• GoLobby/Env: A lightweight package for loading OS environment variables into structs for Go projects

License

GoLobby DotEnv is released under the MIT License.

Documentation

Overview

Package dotenv is a lightweight library for loading dot env (.env) files into structs.

Index

• func Load(file *os.File, structure interface{}) error

Functions

func Load

func Load(file *os.File, structure interface{}) error

Load reads a dot env (.env) file and fills the given struct fields.