configstore-plain

Easily load and persist config without having to think about where and how

Fork of https://github.com/yeoman/configstore to add new plain key methods (see yeoman#39)

Config is stored in a JSON file located in $XDG_CONFIG_HOME or ~/.config.
Example: ~/.config/configstore/some-id.json

See options below to modify storage location.

Usage

const Configstore = require('configstore');
const pkg = require('./package.json');

// Init a Configstore instance with an unique ID e.g.
// package name and optionally some default values
const conf = new Configstore(pkg.name, {foo: 'bar'});

conf.set('awesome', true);

console.log(conf.get('awesome'));
//=> true

console.log(conf.get('foo'));
//=> bar

// use dot notation to access nested properties (provided by `dot-prop` module)
conf.set('bar.baz', true);

console.log(conf.get('bar'));
//=> { baz: true }

console.log(conf.all);
//=> { foo: 'bar', awesome: true, bar: { baz: true } }

conf.del('awesome');

console.log(conf.get('awesome'));
//=> undefined

API

Note all functions apart from get() and getPlain() return the config object, so they can be chained - for example:

config.clear().set(newContents);

Configstore(packageName, [defaults], [options])

Create a new Configstore instance config.

packageName

Type: string

Name of your package.

defaults

Type: object

Default content to init the config store with.

options

Type: object

globalConfigPath

Type: boolean
Default: false

Store the config at $CONFIG/package-name/config.json instead of the default $CONFIG/configstore/package-name.json. This is not recommended as you might end up conflicting with other tools, rendering the "without having to think" idea moot.

configFile

Type: string

Store the config file at the absolute location instead of the default (see above). Useful if (a) you want full control, (b) if you're using it for storing data other than 'config' data, or (c) to keep things together for a 'portable' installation.

config.set(key, value)

Set an item.

config.setPlain(key, value)

Set an item (does not turn periods in key into nested object properties).

config.set(object)

Set multiple items at once.

config.get(key)

Get an item.

config.getPlain(key, value)

Get an item (does not turn periods in key into nested object properties).

config.del(key)

Delete an item.

config.clear()

Delete all items.

config.all

Get all items as an object or replace the current config with an object:

conf.all = {
	hello: 'world'
};

config.size

Get the item count.

config.path

Get the path to the config file. Can be used to show the user where the config file is located or even better open it for them.

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