Env Config

Python package to manage configuration from environment variables.

This package is designed to be used to help in configuration management with python docker containers.

Defining configuration

econfig provides simple data types to define configuration with:

import econfig
econfig.register(
  name='MY_CONFIGURATION_NUMBER',
  type=econfig.types.int,
  destination='foo.bar')
econfig.register(
    name='MY_CONFIGURATION_NUMBER',
    type=econfig.types.json,
    destination='foo.json')
errors, settings = econfig.parse()
settings == {
  "foo": {
    "bar": 5
  },
  "json": {
    "some": "value"
  }
}

Types

• int
• float
• bool
• exists
• json
• when_exists: callable type that will provide value when env variable exists

Destination types

• foo.bar: automatic key value dictionary creation
• foo[]: append value to list
• foo[0]: address item in list
• foo[0].bar: address dictionary item in list