Conifer

Conifer allows you to easily manage YAML configuration files and import them into your Ruby objects.

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'conifer'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install conifer

You can include the Conifer module in any class or module and specify the YAML file you want to import by calling the conifer method:

class Config
  include Conifer

  conifer :config
end

By default, this will look for a file called config.yml in the same directory where the Config class is defined. If no such file is found, it will look for that file in the parent directory. It will continue to traverse the ancestry tree until it finds that file. If the file is not found, it will raise a Conifer::File::NotFoundError error.

With the following config.yml file defined in the same directory as the source file for Config:

aws:
  access_key_id: <%= ENV.fetch('AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID', 'my-access-key-id') %>
  bucket: atlantis

You may access the values using a method that defaults to the same name as your YAML file:

object = Config.new
object.config['aws.access_key_id'] #=> my-access-key-id
object.config['aws.bucket'] #=> atlantis

The conifer method accepts several optional keyword arguments:

• dir: This option overrides the default location where the YAML file is expected to reside.

• method: This option overrides the default method name that is defined on the class or module. The method name defaults to the name of the YAML file.

  class Config
    include Conifer
  
    conifer :config, method: :foobar
  end

  Config.new.foobar['aws.bucket'] #=> atlantis

• prefix: This is a string that will be prepended to the lookup key. This is especially useful in Rails where you would like to have different values per environment.

  class Config
    include Conifer
  
    conifer :config, prefix: Rails.env
  end

  With the following config.yml file:

  development:
    aws:
      bucket: atlantis-development
  
  production:
    aws:
      bucket: atlantis-production

  You can lookup the values the same as before:

  Rails.env #=> development
  Config.new.config['aws.bucket'] #=> atlantis-development

• singleton: This is false by default. When set to true, the method will be defined at the class scope instead of the instance scope.

  class Config
    include Conifer
  
    conifer :config, singleton: true
  end

  Config.config['aws.bucket'] #=> atlantis

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake spec to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/hasghari/conifer. This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the Contributor Covenant code of conduct.

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.

Everyone interacting in the Conifer project’s codebases, issue trackers, chat rooms and mailing lists is expected to follow the code of conduct.