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Go configuration with fangs!
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Many Go projects are built using Viper including:
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* [Hugo](http://gohugo.io)
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* [EMC RexRay](http://rexray.readthedocs.org/en/stable/)
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* [Imgur’s Incus](https://github.com/Imgur/incus)
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* [Nanobox](https://github.com/nanobox-io/nanobox)/[Nanopack](https://github.com/nanopack)
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* [Docker Notary](https://github.com/docker/Notary)
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* [BloomApi](https://www.bloomapi.com/)
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* [doctl](https://github.com/digitalocean/doctl)
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* [Clairctl](https://github.com/jgsqware/clairctl)
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[](https://travis-ci.org/spf13/viper) [](https://gitter.im/spf13/viper?utm_source=badge&utm_medium=badge&utm_campaign=pr-badge&utm_content=badge) [](https://godoc.org/github.com/spf13/viper)
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## What is Viper?
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Viper is a complete configuration solution for Go applications including 12-Factor apps. It is designed
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to work within an application, and can handle all types of configuration needs
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and formats. It supports:
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* setting defaults
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* reading from JSON, TOML, YAML, HCL, and Java properties config files
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* live watching and re-reading of config files (optional)
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* reading from environment variables
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* reading from remote config systems (etcd or Consul), and watching changes
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* reading from command line flags
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* reading from buffer
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* setting explicit values
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Viper can be thought of as a registry for all of your applications
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configuration needs.
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## Why Viper?
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When building a modern application, you don’t want to worry about
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configuration file formats; you want to focus on building awesome software.
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Viper is here to help with that.
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Viper does the following for you:
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1. Find, load, and unmarshal a configuration file in JSON, TOML, YAML, HCL, or Java properties formats.
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2. Provide a mechanism to set default values for your different
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configuration options.
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3. Provide a mechanism to set override values for options specified through
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command line flags.
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4. Provide an alias system to easily rename parameters without breaking existing
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code.
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5. Make it easy to tell the difference between when a user has provided a
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command line or config file which is the same as the default.
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Viper uses the following precedence order. Each item takes precedence over the
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item below it:
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* explicit call to Set
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* flag
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* env
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* config
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* key/value store
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* default
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Viper configuration keys are case insensitive.
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## Putting Values into Viper
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### Establishing Defaults
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A good configuration system will support default values. A default value is not
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required for a key, but it’s useful in the event that a key hasn’t been set via
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config file, environment variable, remote configuration or flag.
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Examples:
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```go
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viper.SetDefault("ContentDir", "content")
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viper.SetDefault("LayoutDir", "layouts")
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viper.SetDefault("Taxonomies", map[string]string{"tag": "tags", "category": "categories"})
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```
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### Reading Config Files
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Viper requires minimal configuration so it knows where to look for config files.
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Viper supports JSON, TOML, YAML, HCL, and Java Properties files. Viper can search multiple paths, but
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currently a single Viper instance only supports a single configuration file.
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Viper does not default to any configuration search paths leaving defaults decision
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to an application.
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Here is an example of how to use Viper to search for and read a configuration file.
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None of the specific paths are required, but at least one path should be provided
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where a configuration file is expected.
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```go
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viper.SetConfigName("config") // name of config file (without extension)
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viper.AddConfigPath("/etc/appname/") // path to look for the config file in
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viper.AddConfigPath("$HOME/.appname") // call multiple times to add many search paths
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viper.AddConfigPath(".") // optionally look for config in the working directory
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err := viper.ReadInConfig() // Find and read the config file
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if err != nil { // Handle errors reading the config file
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panic(fmt.Errorf("Fatal error config file: %s \n", err))
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}
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```
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### Watching and re-reading config files
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Viper supports the ability to have your application live read a config file while running.
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Gone are the days of needing to restart a server to have a config take effect,
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viper powered applications can read an update to a config file while running and
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not miss a beat.
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Simply tell the viper instance to watchConfig.
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Optionally you can provide a function for Viper to run each time a change occurs.
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**Make sure you add all of the configPaths prior to calling `WatchConfig()`**
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```go
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viper.WatchConfig()
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viper.OnConfigChange(func(e fsnotify.Event) {
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fmt.Println("Config file changed:", e.Name)
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})
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```
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### Reading Config from io.Reader
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Viper predefines many configuration sources such as files, environment
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variables, flags, and remote K/V store, but you are not bound to them. You can
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also implement your own required configuration source and feed it to viper.
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```go
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viper.SetConfigType("yaml") // or viper.SetConfigType("YAML")
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// any approach to require this configuration into your program.
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var yamlExample = []byte(`
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Hacker: true
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name: steve
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hobbies:
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- skateboarding
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- snowboarding
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- go
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clothing:
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jacket: leather
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trousers: denim
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age: 35
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eyes : brown
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beard: true
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`)
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viper.ReadConfig(bytes.NewBuffer(yamlExample))
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viper.Get("name") // this would be "steve"
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```
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### Setting Overrides
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These could be from a command line flag, or from your own application logic.
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```go
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viper.Set("Verbose", true)
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viper.Set("LogFile", LogFile)
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```
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### Registering and Using Aliases
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Aliases permit a single value to be referenced by multiple keys
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```go
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viper.RegisterAlias("loud", "Verbose")
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viper.Set("verbose", true) // same result as next line
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viper.Set("loud", true) // same result as prior line
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viper.GetBool("loud") // true
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viper.GetBool("verbose") // true
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```
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### Working with Environment Variables
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Viper has full support for environment variables. This enables 12 factor
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applications out of the box. There are four methods that exist to aid working
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with ENV:
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* `AutomaticEnv()`
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* `BindEnv(string...) : error`
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* `SetEnvPrefix(string)`
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* `SetEnvKeyReplacer(string...) *strings.Replacer`
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_When working with ENV variables, it’s important to recognize that Viper
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treats ENV variables as case sensitive._
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Viper provides a mechanism to try to ensure that ENV variables are unique. By
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using `SetEnvPrefix`, you can tell Viper to use a prefix while reading from
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the environment variables. Both `BindEnv` and `AutomaticEnv` will use this
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prefix.
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`BindEnv` takes one or two parameters. The first parameter is the key name, the
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second is the name of the environment variable. The name of the environment
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variable is case sensitive. If the ENV variable name is not provided, then
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Viper will automatically assume that the key name matches the ENV variable name,
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but the ENV variable is IN ALL CAPS. When you explicitly provide the ENV
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variable name, it **does not** automatically add the prefix.
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One important thing to recognize when working with ENV variables is that the
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value will be read each time it is accessed. Viper does not fix the value when
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the `BindEnv` is called.
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`AutomaticEnv` is a powerful helper especially when combined with
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`SetEnvPrefix`. When called, Viper will check for an environment variable any
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time a `viper.Get` request is made. It will apply the following rules. It will
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check for a environment variable with a name matching the key uppercased and
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prefixed with the `EnvPrefix` if set.
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`SetEnvKeyReplacer` allows you to use a `strings.Replacer` object to rewrite Env
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keys to an extent. This is useful if you want to use `-` or something in your
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`Get()` calls, but want your environmental variables to use `_` delimiters. An
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example of using it can be found in `viper_test.go`.
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#### Env example
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```go
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SetEnvPrefix("spf") // will be uppercased automatically
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BindEnv("id")
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os.Setenv("SPF_ID", "13") // typically done outside of the app
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id := Get("id") // 13
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```
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### Working with Flags
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Viper has the ability to bind to flags. Specifically, Viper supports `Pflags`
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as used in the [Cobra](https://github.com/spf13/cobra) library.
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Like `BindEnv`, the value is not set when the binding method is called, but when
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it is accessed. This means you can bind as early as you want, even in an
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`init()` function.
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For individual flags, the `BindPFlag()` method provides this functionality.
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Example:
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```go
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serverCmd.Flags().Int("port", 1138, "Port to run Application server on")
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viper.BindPFlag("port", serverCmd.Flags().Lookup("port"))
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```
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You can also bind an existing set of pflags (pflag.FlagSet):
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Example:
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```go
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pflag.Int("flagname", 1234, "help message for flagname")
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pflag.Parse()
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viper.BindPFlags(pflag.CommandLine)
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i := viper.GetInt("flagname") // retrieve values from viper instead of pflag
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```
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The use of [pflag](https://github.com/spf13/pflag/) in Viper does not preclude
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the use of other packages that use the [flag](https://golang.org/pkg/flag/)
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package from the standard library. The pflag package can handle the flags
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defined for the flag package by importing these flags. This is accomplished
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by a calling a convenience function provided by the pflag package called
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AddGoFlagSet().
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Example:
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```go
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package main
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import (
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"flag"
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"github.com/spf13/pflag"
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)
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func main() {
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// using standard library "flag" package
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flag.Int("flagname", 1234, "help message for flagname")
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pflag.CommandLine.AddGoFlagSet(flag.CommandLine)
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pflag.Parse()
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viper.BindPFlags(pflag.CommandLine)
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i := viper.GetInt("flagname") // retrieve value from viper
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...
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}
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```
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#### Flag interfaces
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Viper provides two Go interfaces to bind other flag systems if you don’t use `Pflags`.
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`FlagValue` represents a single flag. This is a very simple example on how to implement this interface:
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```go
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type myFlag struct {}
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func (f myFlag) HasChanged() bool { return false }
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func (f myFlag) Name() string { return "my-flag-name" }
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func (f myFlag) ValueString() string { return "my-flag-value" }
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func (f myFlag) ValueType() string { return "string" }
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```
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Once your flag implements this interface, you can simply tell Viper to bind it:
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```go
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viper.BindFlagValue("my-flag-name", myFlag{})
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```
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`FlagValueSet` represents a group of flags. This is a very simple example on how to implement this interface:
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```go
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type myFlagSet struct {
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flags []myFlag
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}
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func (f myFlagSet) VisitAll(fn func(FlagValue)) {
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for _, flag := range flags {
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fn(flag)
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}
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}
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```
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Once your flag set implements this interface, you can simply tell Viper to bind it:
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```go
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fSet := myFlagSet{
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flags: []myFlag{myFlag{}, myFlag{}},
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}
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viper.BindFlagValues("my-flags", fSet)
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```
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### Remote Key/Value Store Support
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To enable remote support in Viper, do a blank import of the `viper/remote`
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package:
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`import _ "github.com/spf13/viper/remote"`
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Viper will read a config string (as JSON, TOML, YAML or HCL) retrieved from a path
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in a Key/Value store such as etcd or Consul. These values take precedence over
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default values, but are overridden by configuration values retrieved from disk,
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flags, or environment variables.
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Viper uses [crypt](https://github.com/xordataexchange/crypt) to retrieve
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configuration from the K/V store, which means that you can store your
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configuration values encrypted and have them automatically decrypted if you have
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the correct gpg keyring. Encryption is optional.
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You can use remote configuration in conjunction with local configuration, or
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independently of it.
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`crypt` has a command-line helper that you can use to put configurations in your
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K/V store. `crypt` defaults to etcd on http://127.0.0.1:4001.
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```bash
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$ go get github.com/xordataexchange/crypt/bin/crypt
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$ crypt set -plaintext /config/hugo.json /Users/hugo/settings/config.json
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```
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Confirm that your value was set:
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```bash
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$ crypt get -plaintext /config/hugo.json
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```
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See the `crypt` documentation for examples of how to set encrypted values, or
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how to use Consul.
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### Remote Key/Value Store Example - Unencrypted
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```go
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viper.AddRemoteProvider("etcd", "http://127.0.0.1:4001","/config/hugo.json")
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viper.SetConfigType("json") // because there is no file extension in a stream of bytes, supported extensions are "json", "toml", "yaml", "yml", "properties", "props", "prop"
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err := viper.ReadRemoteConfig()
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```
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### Remote Key/Value Store Example - Encrypted
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```go
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viper.AddSecureRemoteProvider("etcd","http://127.0.0.1:4001","/config/hugo.json","/etc/secrets/mykeyring.gpg")
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viper.SetConfigType("json") // because there is no file extension in a stream of bytes, supported extensions are "json", "toml", "yaml", "yml", "properties", "props", "prop"
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err := viper.ReadRemoteConfig()
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```
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### Watching Changes in etcd - Unencrypted
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```go
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// alternatively, you can create a new viper instance.
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var runtime_viper = viper.New()
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runtime_viper.AddRemoteProvider("etcd", "http://127.0.0.1:4001", "/config/hugo.yml")
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runtime_viper.SetConfigType("yaml") // because there is no file extension in a stream of bytes, supported extensions are "json", "toml", "yaml", "yml", "properties", "props", "prop"
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// read from remote config the first time.
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err := runtime_viper.ReadRemoteConfig()
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// unmarshal config
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runtime_viper.Unmarshal(&runtime_conf)
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// open a goroutine to watch remote changes forever
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go func(){
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for {
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time.Sleep(time.Second * 5) // delay after each request
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// currently, only tested with etcd support
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err := runtime_viper.WatchRemoteConfig()
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if err != nil {
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log.Errorf("unable to read remote config: %v", err)
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continue
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}
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// unmarshal new config into our runtime config struct. you can also use channel
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// to implement a signal to notify the system of the changes
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runtime_viper.Unmarshal(&runtime_conf)
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}
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}()
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```
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## Getting Values From Viper
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In Viper, there are a few ways to get a value depending on the value’s type.
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The following functions and methods exist:
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* `Get(key string) : interface{}`
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* `GetBool(key string) : bool`
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* `GetFloat64(key string) : float64`
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* `GetInt(key string) : int`
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* `GetString(key string) : string`
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* `GetStringMap(key string) : map[string]interface{}`
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* `GetStringMapString(key string) : map[string]string`
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* `GetStringSlice(key string) : []string`
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* `GetTime(key string) : time.Time`
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* `GetDuration(key string) : time.Duration`
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* `IsSet(key string) : bool`
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* `AllSettings() : map[string]interface{}`
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One important thing to recognize is that each Get function will return a zero
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value if it’s not found. To check if a given key exists, the `IsSet()` method
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has been provided.
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Example:
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```go
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viper.GetString("logfile") // case-insensitive Setting & Getting
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if viper.GetBool("verbose") {
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fmt.Println("verbose enabled")
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}
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```
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### Accessing nested keys
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The accessor methods also accept formatted paths to deeply nested keys. For
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example, if the following JSON file is loaded:
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```json
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{
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"host": {
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"address": "localhost",
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"port": 5799
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},
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"datastore": {
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"metric": {
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"host": "127.0.0.1",
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"port": 3099
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},
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"warehouse": {
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"host": "198.0.0.1",
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"port": 2112
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}
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}
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}
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```
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Viper can access a nested field by passing a `.` delimited path of keys:
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```go
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GetString("datastore.metric.host") // (returns "127.0.0.1")
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```
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This obeys the precedence rules established above; the search for the path
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will cascade through the remaining configuration registries until found.
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For example, given this configuration file, both `datastore.metric.host` and
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`datastore.metric.port` are already defined (and may be overridden). If in addition
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`datastore.metric.protocol` was defined in the defaults, Viper would also find it.
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However, if `datastore.metric` was overridden (by a flag, an environment variable,
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the `Set()` method, …) with an immediate value, then all sub-keys of
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`datastore.metric` become undefined, they are “shadowed” by the higher-priority
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configuration level.
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Lastly, if there exists a key that matches the delimited key path, its value
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will be returned instead. E.g.
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```json
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{
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"datastore.metric.host": "0.0.0.0",
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"host": {
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"address": "localhost",
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"port": 5799
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},
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"datastore": {
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"metric": {
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"host": "127.0.0.1",
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"port": 3099
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},
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"warehouse": {
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"host": "198.0.0.1",
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"port": 2112
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}
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}
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}
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GetString("datastore.metric.host") // returns "0.0.0.0"
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```
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### Extract sub-tree
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Extract sub-tree from Viper.
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For example, `viper` represents:
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```json
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||
app:
|
||
cache1:
|
||
max-items: 100
|
||
item-size: 64
|
||
cache2:
|
||
max-items: 200
|
||
item-size: 80
|
||
```
|
||
|
||
After executing:
|
||
|
||
```go
|
||
subv := viper.Sub("app.cache1")
|
||
```
|
||
|
||
`subv` represents:
|
||
|
||
```json
|
||
max-items: 100
|
||
item-size: 64
|
||
```
|
||
|
||
Suppose we have:
|
||
|
||
```go
|
||
func NewCache(cfg *Viper) *Cache {...}
|
||
```
|
||
|
||
which creates a cache based on config information formatted as `subv`.
|
||
Now it’s easy to create these 2 caches separately as:
|
||
|
||
```go
|
||
cfg1 := viper.Sub("app.cache1")
|
||
cache1 := NewCache(cfg1)
|
||
|
||
cfg2 := viper.Sub("app.cache2")
|
||
cache2 := NewCache(cfg2)
|
||
```
|
||
|
||
### Unmarshaling
|
||
|
||
You also have the option of Unmarshaling all or a specific value to a struct, map,
|
||
etc.
|
||
|
||
There are two methods to do this:
|
||
|
||
* `Unmarshal(rawVal interface{}) : error`
|
||
* `UnmarshalKey(key string, rawVal interface{}) : error`
|
||
|
||
Example:
|
||
|
||
```go
|
||
type config struct {
|
||
Port int
|
||
Name string
|
||
PathMap string `mapstructure:"path_map"`
|
||
}
|
||
|
||
var C config
|
||
|
||
err := Unmarshal(&C)
|
||
if err != nil {
|
||
t.Fatalf("unable to decode into struct, %v", err)
|
||
}
|
||
```
|
||
|
||
### Marshalling to string
|
||
|
||
You may need to marhsal all the settings held in viper into a string rather than write them to a file.
|
||
You can use your favorite format's marshaller with the config returned by `AllSettings()`.
|
||
|
||
```go
|
||
import (
|
||
yaml "gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
|
||
// ...
|
||
)
|
||
|
||
func yamlStringSettings() string {
|
||
c := viper.AllSettings()
|
||
bs, err := yaml.Marshal(c)
|
||
if err != nil {
|
||
t.Fatalf("unable to marshal config to YAML: %v", err)
|
||
}
|
||
return string(bs)
|
||
}
|
||
```
|
||
|
||
## Viper or Vipers?
|
||
|
||
Viper comes ready to use out of the box. There is no configuration or
|
||
initialization needed to begin using Viper. Since most applications will want
|
||
to use a single central repository for their configuration, the viper package
|
||
provides this. It is similar to a singleton.
|
||
|
||
In all of the examples above, they demonstrate using viper in its singleton
|
||
style approach.
|
||
|
||
### Working with multiple vipers
|
||
|
||
You can also create many different vipers for use in your application. Each will
|
||
have its own unique set of configurations and values. Each can read from a
|
||
different config file, key value store, etc. All of the functions that viper
|
||
package supports are mirrored as methods on a viper.
|
||
|
||
Example:
|
||
|
||
```go
|
||
x := viper.New()
|
||
y := viper.New()
|
||
|
||
x.SetDefault("ContentDir", "content")
|
||
y.SetDefault("ContentDir", "foobar")
|
||
|
||
//...
|
||
```
|
||
|
||
When working with multiple vipers, it is up to the user to keep track of the
|
||
different vipers.
|
||
|
||
## Q & A
|
||
|
||
Q: Why not INI files?
|
||
|
||
A: Ini files are pretty awful. There’s no standard format, and they are hard to
|
||
validate. Viper is designed to work with JSON, TOML or YAML files. If someone
|
||
really wants to add this feature, I’d be happy to merge it. It’s easy to specify
|
||
which formats your application will permit.
|
||
|
||
Q: Why is it called “Viper”?
|
||
|
||
A: Viper is designed to be a [companion](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viper_(G.I._Joe))
|
||
to [Cobra](https://github.com/spf13/cobra). While both can operate completely
|
||
independently, together they make a powerful pair to handle much of your
|
||
application foundation needs.
|
||
|
||
Q: Why is it called “Cobra”?
|
||
|
||
A: Is there a better name for a [commander](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobra_Commander)?
|