Kibbutz

Communal gathering of configuration artifacts.

Kibbutz loads fragments of configuration from multiple sources, and merges them into a single JSON object.

Usage

Add kibbutz as a dependency in package.json:

$ npm install kibbutz -S

Create an instance of Kibbutz, and give it configuration and/or a list of providers from which to load configuration data:

const Kibbutz = require('kibbutz');
 
const config = new Kibbutz({
  value: {
    foo: 'bar'
  }
});
 
const myProvider = {
  load: function(callback) {
    // load configuration data from somewhere
    callback(undefined, configFragment);
  }
};
 
config.load([ myProvider ], function(err, config) {
  // do something beautiful with your configuration
});

API

Constructors

new Kibbutz([options])

Creates an instance of Kibbutz.

Parameters

• options: (optional) an object with the following keys:

  • value: (optional) the base configuration object. Kibbutz will make a deep copy of this object, which will become the value of Kibbutz.prototype.value. All other configuration fragments loaded via provider with Kibbutz.prototype.load() are merged into this object.

Example

const Kibbutz = require('kibbutz');
 
const config = new Kibbutz({
  value: {
    foo: 'bar',
    baz: 'qux'
  }
});
 
console.log(config.value.foo); // bar
console.log(config.value.baz); // qux

Properties

Kibbutz.shared

Gets or sets a globally shared instance of Kibbutz. This value must be null or an instance of Kibbutz. The default is null.

Kibbutz.prototype.value

Gets the full configuration object. This is the merged configuration JSON object from all providers supplied to Kibbutz.prototype.load(), and the seed value supplied via options to the constructor. The object return is immutable, and attempts to modify it will result in an error.

Example

const Kibbutz = require('kibbutz');
 
const config = new Kibbutz({
  value: { foo: 'bar' }
});
 
config.load([{
  load: function(callback) {
    callback({ baz: 'qux' });
  }
}]);
 
console.log(config.value.foo); // bar
console.log(config.value.baz); // qux

Methods

Kibbutz.prototype.append(obj0[, objN] | objs)

Appends an object, or series of objects to the existing Kibbutz.prototype.value.

Parameters

• obj0[, objN]: a series of objects to merge into the configuration. At least on is required.

...or...

• objs: an array of objects to merge into the configuration.

Returns

The same instance of Kibbutz. This allows multiple method calls to be chained together.

Kibbutz.prototype.load(providers, callback)

Loads configuration fragments from the given array of providers, and merges them together.

Parameters

• providers: (required) an array of providers used to load configuration fragments.

• callback: (required) a function invoked when al providers have completed loading. The expected function signature takes two parameters:

  • err: an error returned from one of the providers.

  • config: the fully merged configuration value. This is the same as Kibbutz.prototype.value.

Returns

The same instance of Kibbutz. This allows multiple method calls to be chained together.

Providers

Providers are run serially by how they are ordered in the providers array. One provider does not execute until the previous has completed loading. In the event one provider fails, no succeeding providers are run. A provider must be an object with the following signature:

• load(callback): a method that loads a configuration fragment. The method takes a single parameter:

  • err: an error object passed to the callback. If no error occurred, the provider must pass in undefined or null.

  • fragment: the configuration fragment loaded by the provider. This value is ignored if err has a value.

Merging

Configuration fragments are merged into the base config element managed by Kibbutz. Keys use a first-in-wins strategy, meaning, once a key is set it cannot be set by a different provider. The exception being objects and arrays. Objects are deep-merged, and arrays are concatenated.

Kibbutz.prototype.loadAsync(providers)

Works just like Kibbutz.prototype.load(), but returns a Promise.

Parameters

• providers: (required) an array of providers used to load configuration fragments.

Returns

The a Promise that resolves with the fully merged configuation value. This is the same as Kibbutz.prototype.value.

Kibbutz.prototype.on(eventName, listener)

Kibbutz emits events which can be subscribed to via the on() method. This method functions just like the native Node.js EventEmitter.prototype.on() method.

Parameters

• eventName: (required) the name of the even to which your listener is subscribed.

• listener: (required) the function used to handle an event. Each function signature should follow the expected contract for the associated event. See below for more details.

Returns

The same instance of Kibbutz. This allows multiple method calls to be chained together.

Events

• config: raised when a provider's load() responds with data. Listeners should have the following parameters:

  • providerName: the name of the provider.

  • fragment: the the configuration fragment that has been loaded from the provider.

• done: raised when all providers given to Kibbutz.prototype.load() have completed. Listeners should have the following parameters:

  • config: the full configuration JSON object.

Example

const Kibbutz = require('kibbutz');
 
const config = new Kibbutz();
 
config.on('error', function(err) {
  console.log(err);
})
.on('config', function(providerName, fragment) {
  console.log(`${providerName}: ${fragment}`);
})
.on('done', function(config) {
  myThing.configure(config);
});

Provider Implementations

The following are known Kibbutz provider implementations. If you've created one not listed here, please add it to the README.md file via pull request in the GitHub project.

• kibbutz-rc