/dotenv-c

.env file parser written in C

Primary LanguageCMIT LicenseMIT

dotenv for c

Test status

This small package adds support for loading .env files. Just call the env_load function with a valid path, that contains a file named .env, or the path of the env file itself. If can't be loaded, it'll return -1, 0 otherwise. If the second parameter is set to true, already existing environment variable will be replaced with the new value.

In the file, comments can be added by starting the line with #. It's also possible to nest the variables, but in that case, the used variables need be already defined.

Quotes won't be removed from the strings.

Build / install

cmake
# Build
(mkdir -p build && cd build && \
cmake .. && cmake --build .)

# Optional install
sudo make install
Type Option Default Output
Shared DOTENV_SHARED ON libdotenv.so
Static DOTENV_STATIC ON libdotenv-s.a
Executable DOTENV_TEST OFF dotenv-test
Build and run test
mkdir -p build && cd build && \
cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=DEBUG -DDOTENV_TEST=ON .. && cmake --build . && \
cd .. && ./build/dotenv-test)
clib

Install via clib: clib install Isty001/dotenv-c, or just git clone into your project.

make

Or if you don't want to include in your project, you can git clone then install by executing make install then link it with -ldotenv.

Usage

# DB connection
DB_HOST=localhost
DB_NAME=test_db
DSN=mysql:host=${DB_HOST};dbname=${DB_NAME}

#include <dotenv.h>

int main(void)
{
    env_load(".", false);

    char *connection = getenv("DSN");
}