Global

The 'global' gem provides accessor methods for your configuration data and share configuration across backend and frontend. The data is stored in yaml files.

Installation

Add to Gemfile:

gem 'global'

Configuration

> Global.environment = "YOUR_ENV_HERE"
> Global.config_directory = "PATH_TO_DIRECTORY_WITH_FILES"

Or you can use configure block:

Global.configure do |config|
  config.environment = "YOUR_ENV_HERE"
  config.config_directory = "PATH_TO_DIRECTORY_WITH_FILES"
end

For rails put initialization into config/initializers/global.rb

Global.configure do |config|
  config.environment = Rails.env.to_s
  config.config_directory = Rails.root.join('config/global').to_s
end

Usage

General

Config file config/global/hosts.yml:

test:
  web: localhost
  api: api.localhost
development:
  web: localhost
  api: api.localhost
production:
  web: myhost.com
  api: api.myhost.com

In the development environment we now have:

> Global.hosts
=> { "api" => "api.localhost", "web" => "localhost" }
> Global.hosts.api
=> "api.localhost"

Namespacing

Config file config/global/web/basic_auth.yml with:

test:
  username: test_user
  password: secret
development:
  username: development_user
  password: secret
production:
  username: production_user
  password: supersecret

After that in development environment we have:

> Global.web.basic_auth
=> { "username" => "development_user", "password" => "secret" }
> Global.web.basic_auth.username
=> "development_user"

Default section

Config file example:

default:
  web: localhost
  api: api.localhost
production:
  web: myhost.com
  api: api.myhost.com

Data from the default section is used until it's overridden in a specific environment.

Nested configurations

Config file global/nested.yml with:

test:
  group:
    key: "test value"
development:
  group:
    key: "development value"
production:
  group:
    key: "production value"

Nested options can then be accessed as follows:

> Global.nested.group.key
=> "development value"

ERB support

Config file global/file_name.yml with:

test:
  key: <%=1+1%>
development:
  key: <%=2+2%>
production:
  key: <%=3+3%>

As a result, in the development environment we have:

> Global.file_name.key
=> 4

Reload configuration data

> Global.reload!

JavaScript in Rails support

Configuration

Global.configure do |config|
  config.namespace = "JAVASCRIPT_OBJECT_NAME" # default Global
  config.except = ["LIST_OF_FILES_TO_EXCLUDE_ON_FRONT_END"] # default :all
  config.only = ["LIST_OF_FILES_TO_INCLUDE_ON_FRONT_END"] # default []
end

By default all files are excluded due to security reasons. Don't include files which contain protected information like api keys or credentials.

Require global file in application.js:

/*
= require global-js
*/

Advanced Configuration

In case you need different configurations for different parts of your application, you should create the files manually.

If your application has admin and application namespace:

# app/assets/javascripts/admin/global.js.erb
<%= Global.generate_js(namespace: "AdminSettings", only: %w(admin hosts)) %>

# app/assets/javascripts/admin.js.coffee
#= require admin/global

# app/assets/javascripts/application/global.js.erb
<%= Global.generate_js(namespace: "AppSettings", except: %w(admin credentials)) %>

# app/assets/javascripts/application.js.coffee
#= require application/global

Usage

Config file example global/hosts.yml:

development:
  web: localhost
  api: api.localhost
production:
  web: myhost.com
  api: api.myhost.com

After that in development environment we have:

Global.hosts.web
=> "localhost"

And in production:

Global.hosts.web
=> "myhost.com"

Contributing to global

• Check out the latest master to make sure the feature hasn't been implemented or the bug hasn't been fixed yet.
• Check out the issue tracker to make sure someone already hasn't requested it and/or contributed it.
• Fork the project.
• Start a feature/bugfix branch.
• Commit and push until you are happy with your contribution.
• Make sure to add tests for it. This is important so I don't break it in a future version unintentionally.
• Please try not to mess with the Rakefile, version, or history. If you want to have your own version, or is otherwise necessary, that is fine, but please isolate to its own commit so I can cherry-pick around it.

Copyright

Copyright (c) Railsware LLC. See LICENSE.txt for further details.