defmodule AppConfig do @moduledoc """ Helper module with a macro that adds the following functions to the module where it is called: def fetch_env(key) :: {:ok, value} | :error def fetch_env!(key) :: value | no_return def get_env(key, value | nil) :: value def get_env_integer(key, integer | nil) :: integer These functions fetch values from an application's environment or from operating system (OS) environment variables. The values will be retrieved from OS environment variables when the following expression is assigned to a configuration parameter on the application's configuration: {:system, "VAR"} An optional default value can be returned when the environment variable is not set to a specific value by using the following format: {:system, "VAR", "default"} The `#{inspect __MODULE__}` module is normally used from within the module that implements the `Application` behaviour or from one used to access configuration values, and has to be defined in the following way: defmodule MyConfig do use #{inspect __MODULE__}, otp_app: :my_app # [...] end The `app` argument contains the name of the application where the functions (added by the macro from the `#{inspect __MODULE__}` module) will look for configuration parameters. ## Examples Given the following application configuration: config :my_app, db_host: {:system, "DB_HOST", "localhost"}, db_port: {:system, "DB_PORT", "5432"} db_user: {:system, "DB_USER"}, db_password: {:system, "DB_PASSWORD"}, db_name: "my_database" And the following environment variables: export DB_USER="my_user" export DB_PASSWORD="guess_me" And assuming that the `MyConfig` module is using the `#{inspect __MODULE__}` macro, then the following expressions used to retrieve the values of the parameters would be valid: "localhost" = MyConfig.get_env(:db_host) 5432 = MyConfig.get_env_integer(:db_port) {:ok, "my_user"} = MyConfig.fetch_env(:db_user) "guess_me" = MyConfig.fetch_env!(:db_password) "my_database" = MyConfig.get_env(:db_name, "unknown") Most functions from the `#{inspect __MODULE__}` module can also be called without using its macro. To do so, just call the functions directly by passing the application's name as the first argument. e.g. #{inspect __MODULE__}.get_env(:my_app, :db_host) This module will come in handy especially when retrieving configuration values for applications running within Elixir/Erlang releases, as it simplifies the retrieval of values that were not defined when the release was built (i.e. at compile-time) from OS environment variables. """ @type app :: Application.app @type key :: Application.key @type value :: Application.value @doc false defmacro __using__(opts) do app = opts[:app] || Application.get_application(__CALLER__.module) if app do quote do def get_env(key, value \\ nil) do AppConfig.get_env(unquote(app), key, value) end def get_env_integer(key, value \\ nil) do AppConfig.get_env_integer(unquote(app), key, value) end def fetch_env(key) do AppConfig.fetch_env(unquote(app), key) end def fetch_env!(key) do AppConfig.fetch_env!(unquote(app), key) end end else raise ArgumentError, "'app' argument was not present in use of the " <> "'#{inspect __MODULE__}' module and could not be deduced from the " <> "'#{inspect __CALLER__.module}' caller module" end end @doc """ Returns a tuple with the value for `key` in the application's configuration or in the OS environment. ## Returns A tuple with the `:ok` atom as the first element and the value of the configuration or OS environment variable if successful. It returns `:error` if the configuration parameter does not exist or if the application was not loaded. ## Example {:ok, "VALUE"} = #{inspect __MODULE__}.fetch_env(:my_app, :test_var) """ @spec fetch_env(app, key) :: {:ok, value} | :error def fetch_env(app, key) when is_atom(app) and is_atom(key) do case :application.get_env(app, key) do {:ok, {:system, env_var}} -> case System.get_env(env_var) do nil -> :error val -> {:ok, val} end {:ok, {:system, env_var, preconfigured_default}} -> case System.get_env(env_var) do nil -> {:ok, preconfigured_default} val -> {:ok, val} end :undefined -> :error {:ok, _val} = result -> result end end @doc """ Returns the value for `key` in the application's configuration or in the OS environment. ## Returns The value of the configuration parameter or OS environment variable if successful. It raises an `ArgumentError` exception if the configuration parameter does not exist or if the application was not loaded. ## Example "VALUE" = #{inspect __MODULE__}.fetch_env!(:my_app, :test_var) """ @spec fetch_env!(app, key) :: value | no_return def fetch_env!(app, key) do case fetch_env(app, key) do {:ok, value} -> value :error -> raise ArgumentError, "application #{inspect app} is not loaded, " <> "or the configuration parameter #{inspect key} is not set" end end @doc """ Retrieves a value from an application's configuration or from the OS environment. If the value is not present, the `default` value is returned. If the application's parameter was assigned an expression like the following one: {:system, "VAR"} An optional default value can be provided by using the following format: {:system, "VAR", "default"} If neither the application's configuration nor the specified OS environment variable exist, then the `default` value will be returned. ## Example iex> {test_var, expected_value} = System.get_env() |> Enum.take(1) |> List.first() ...> Application.put_env(:myapp, :test_var, {:system, test_var}) ...> ^expected_value = #{inspect __MODULE__}.get_env(:myapp, :test_var) ...> :ok :ok iex> Application.put_env(:myapp, :test_var2, 1) ...> 1 = #{inspect __MODULE__}.get_env(:myapp, :test_var2) 1 iex> :default = #{inspect __MODULE__}.get_env(:myapp, :missing_var, :default) :default """ @spec get_env(app, key, value | nil) :: value def get_env(app, key, default \\ nil) do case fetch_env(app, key) do {:ok, value} -> value :error -> default end end @doc """ Same as `get_env/3`, but returns the result as an integer. If the value cannot be converted to an integer, the `default` value is returned instead. ## Example 5432 = #{inspect __MODULE__}.get_env_integer(:my_app, :db_port) """ @spec get_env_integer(app, key, integer) :: integer def get_env_integer(app, key, default \\ nil) do case get_env(app, key, nil) do nil -> default n when is_integer(n) -> n n -> case Integer.parse(n) do {i, _} -> i :error -> default end end end end