Config

Config structure

The configuration variables, along with their respective values, are specified within YAML files located in the config/ directory. These variables are easily customizable to align with specific business use cases. The default directory structure is outlined as follows

├── config
│   ├── custom-environment-variables.yaml
│   ├── default.yaml

File naming and Load order

The configuration files under config/ directory can have specific naming conventions and load order. Please refer File name and Load order for more information.

Environment variables

Configuration of enviroment variables can be done in two ways

1. The environment variables are defined in yaml files under config/custom-environment-variables.yaml file. The default directory structure is given as below:

├── config
│   ├── custom-environment-variables.yaml

2. We can also add database connection string and Urls in .env file is under root folder /.env

├── .env

note

Any configuration which includes secrets or passwords is recommended to be defined using environment variables only.

custom-environment-variables.yaml

This is a sample for custom environment variables where these variables gets values from environment variables set in the environment.

my_datasource:
  base_url: MY_DATASOURCE_BASE_URL
  api_key: MY_DATASOURCE_API_KEY
  api_token: MY_DATASOURCE_API_TOKEN

kafka:
  brokers:
    __name: KAFKA_BROKERS
    __format: json
  client_id: KAFKA_CLIENT_ID

jwt:
  issuer: JWT_ISS
  audience: JWT_AUD
  secretOrKey: JWT_SECRET

prisma_secret: PRISMA_SECRET

For example, MY_DATASOURCE_BASE_URL is defined as an environment variable. To specify its value, you need to export this variable in the environment.Enter as given below in the terminal:

$ export MY_DATASOURCE_BASE_URL=https://httpbin.org/

After exporting the environment variable, you can access this variable in your project by using scripting <% config.my_datasource.base_url %>

To reflect the updated values of the .env variables, you need to export them again after making changes. This ensures that the updated values are accessible and used in your application.

Static variables

The static variables as well as their values are defined in yaml files under config/ directory. These variables can be replaced as per the business use cases. The default directory structure is given as below:

├── config
│   ├── default.yaml

note

Any configuration which includes secrets or passwords is recommended to be defined using environment variables only. Avoid using static variables for secrets and passwords.

default.yaml

This file contains some predefined variables. Below is a sample file which defines the static variables used in Godspeed.

log_level: debug
lang: coffee
redact: [] # fields to hide. Sample: ['ns', 'req.headers']
server_url: https://api.example.com:8443/v1/api
httpbin: # sample api datasource url
  base_url: https://httpbin.org
request_body_limit: 50mb
file_size_limit : 50mb