Node.js: How to setup different variables for prod and staging

Question

I\'m using Express and I need to use different credentials for each server (staging and production).

I could setup the variables in the server.coffee file but then I\'d

Answer 1

I have uploaded an implementation into https://github.com/qiangyu/nodejsconfig. I believe it will satisfy your needs. Basically, you only need to provide one configuration file:

dev.appAddress = '127.0.0.1:3000';
prod.appAddress = 'someDomain.com';

Then, you use following code to read the appAddress in prod environments:

var xnconfig = require('nodejsconfig');
var fs = require('fs');

var data = fs.readFileSync(__dirname+"/config.properties", "UTF8");

// assume we will be using environment "prod"
var config = xnconfig.parse("prod", data);

// the output will be someDomain.com
console.log(config.getConfig("appAddress"));