node-env-type

Easy detection of NodeJS environment type from NODE_ENV variable.

This library is 100% compatible with the standard development/test/production approach, with a friendlier interface, while also supporting a more verbose syntax, to allow for a flexible environment configuration.

Installing

$ npm i node-env-type

Usage

• In TypeScript:

import {env} from 'node-env-type';

if(env.isDev) {
 // this is a DEV environment
}

• In JavaScript:

const {env} = require('node-env-type');

if(env.isProd) {
 // this is a PROD environment
}

Environment Flags

Table below explains available flags and when they are set.

Flag	Environment	Condition
isDev	Development	NODE_ENV includes dev (case-insensitive)
isUAT	User Acceptance Testing	NODE_ENV includes uat (case-insensitive)
isSIT	System Integration Testing	NODE_ENV includes sit (case-insensitive)
isCI	Continuous Integration	NODE_ENV includes ci (case-insensitive)
isTest	General Testing	NODE_ENV includes any of: test, tst, uat, sit, ci (case-insensitive)
isProd	Production	NODE_ENV includes prod (case-insensitive), or not set at all.

Flags are tested in the order as shown in the table, to use only the first one found, in case there's a conflict.

Special Cases

• isTest - set not only when NODE_ENV includes test or tst, but also when isUAT, isSIT or isCI is set, because all those environments are essentially for testing.
• isProd - set not only when NODE_ENV includes prod, but also when NODE_ENV is not set at all, i.e. when environment is not configured, we should assume it to be production.
• When NODE_ENV is set to something we cannot recognize at all, each flag is set to false.

API

The only API available other than the environment flags is function refresh, in case you want to refresh flags from the environment without restarting the process.

import {env} from 'node-env-type';

if(env.refresh()) {
    // successfully recognized the environment;
    // each flag updated from NODE_ENV
} else {
    // failed to recognize the environment;
    // each flag is set to false
} 

And if, for some reasons, you decide to read configuration from a different place, rather than the standard NODE_ENV, you can pass such optional string to the function:

const otherVar = 'dev1.pc'; // just some other value

if(env.refresh(otherVar)) {
    // successfully recognized the environment;
    // each flag updated from otherVar
} else {
    // failed to recognize the environment;
    // each flag is set to false
}