package main import ( "os" "reflect" "strings" ) // EnvOptions holds program options loaded from the process environment type EnvOptions map[string]interface{} // LoadEnvForStruct loads environment variables for each field in an options // struct passed into it. // // Fields in the options struct must have an `env` and `cfg` tag to be read // from the environment func (cfg EnvOptions) LoadEnvForStruct(options interface{}) { val := reflect.ValueOf(options) var typ reflect.Type if val.Kind() == reflect.Ptr { typ = val.Elem().Type() } else { typ = val.Type() } for i := 0; i < typ.NumField(); i++ { // pull out the struct tags: // flag - the name of the command line flag // deprecated - (optional) the name of the deprecated command line flag // cfg - (optional, defaults to underscored flag) the name of the config file option field := typ.Field(i) fieldV := reflect.Indirect(val).Field(i) if field.Type.Kind() == reflect.Struct && field.Anonymous { cfg.LoadEnvForStruct(fieldV.Interface()) continue } flagName := field.Tag.Get("flag") envName := field.Tag.Get("env") cfgName := field.Tag.Get("cfg") if cfgName == "" && flagName != "" { cfgName = strings.Replace(flagName, "-", "_", -1) } if envName == "" || cfgName == "" { // resolvable fields must have the `env` and `cfg` struct tag continue } v := os.Getenv(envName) if v != "" { cfg[cfgName] = v } } }