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# envconfig
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```Go
import "github.com/kelseyhightower/envconfig"
```
## Documentation
See [godoc](http://godoc.org/github.com/kelseyhightower/envconfig)
## Usage
Set some environment variables:
```Bash
export MYAPP_DEBUG=false
export MYAPP_PORT=8080
export MYAPP_USER=Kelsey
export MYAPP_RATE="0.5"
export MYAPP_TIMEOUT="3m"
export MYAPP_USERS="rob,ken,robert"
```
Write some code:
```Go
package main
import (
"fmt"
"log"
"time"
"github.com/kelseyhightower/envconfig"
)
type Specification struct {
Debug bool
Port int
User string
Users []string
Rate float32
Timeout time.Duration
}
func main() {
var s Specification
err := envconfig.Process("myapp", &s)
if err != nil {
log.Fatal(err.Error())
}
format := "Debug: %v\nPort: %d\nUser: %s\nRate: %f\nTimeout: %s\n"
_, err = fmt.Printf(format, s.Debug, s.Port, s.User, s.Rate)
if err != nil {
log.Fatal(err.Error())
}
fmt.Println("Users:")
for _, u := range s.Users {
fmt.Printf(" %s\n", u)
}
}
```
Results:
```Bash
Debug: false
Port: 8080
User: Kelsey
Rate: 0.500000
Timeout: 3m0s
Users:
rob
ken
robert
```
## Struct Tag Support
Envconfig supports the use of struct tags to specify alternate, default, and required
environment variables.
For example, consider the following struct:
```Go
type Specification struct {
MultiWordVar string `envconfig:"multi_word_var"`
DefaultVar string `default:"foobar"`
RequiredVar string `required:"true"`
IgnoredVar string `ignored:"true"`
}
```
Envconfig will process value for `MultiWordVar` by populating it with the
value for `MYAPP_MULTI_WORD_VAR`.
```Bash
export MYAPP_MULTI_WORD_VAR="this will be the value"
# export MYAPP_MULTIWORDVAR="and this will not"
```
If envconfig can't find an environment variable value for `MYAPP_DEFAULTVAR`,
it will populate it with "foobar" as a default value.
If envconfig can't find an environment variable value for `MYAPP_REQUIREDVAR`,
it will return an error when asked to process the struct.
If envconfig can't find an environment variable in the form `PREFIX_MYVAR`, and there
is a struct tag defined, it will try to populate your variable with an environment
variable that directly matches the envconfig tag in your struct definition:
```shell
export SERVICE_HOST=127.0.0.1
export MYAPP_DEBUG=true
```
```Go
type Specification struct {
ServiceHost string `envconfig:"SERVICE_HOST"`
Debug bool
}
```
Envconfig won't process a field with the "ignored" tag set to "true", even if a corresponding
environment variable is set.
## Supported Struct Field Types
envconfig supports supports these struct field types:
* string
* int8, int16, int32, int64
* bool
* float32, float64
* [encoding.TextUnmarshaler](https://golang.org/pkg/encoding/#TextUnmarshaler)
Embedded structs using these fields are also supported.
## Custom Decoders
Any field whose type (or pointer-to-type) implements `envconfig.Decoder` can
control its own deserialization:
```Bash
export DNS_SERVER=8.8.8.8
```
```Go
type IPDecoder net.IP
func (ipd *IPDecoder) Decode(value string) error {
*ipd = IPDecoder(net.ParseIP(value))
return nil
}
type DNSConfig struct {
Address IPDecoder `envconfig:"DNS_SERVER"`
}
```
Also, envconfig will use a `Set(string) error` method like from the
[flag.Value](https://godoc.org/flag#Value) interface if implemented.