Pkg-config NPM

pkg-config

parse the closest package.json and get package specific configurations

Useful for package developers to store package-related configuration in dependent's package.json.

defaults to config as root, which allows you to still leverage npm's standard config

Install

npm install --save pkg-config

Usage

sample package.json

{
  ...

  "config": {
    "my-pkg": {
      "foo": "bar"
    }
  },

  "settings": {
    "some-pkg": {
      "foo": "bar"
    }
  }

  ...
}

// defaults to `package.config`
var config = require('pkg-config')()

// returns `package.config[my-pkg]`
var config = require('pkg-config')('my-pkg')

// returns fallback value
var config = require('pkg-config')('another-pkg', false, {
  foo: 'baz'
})

// returns `package.settings[some-pkg]`
var config = require('pkg-config')('some-pkg', {
  root: 'settings'
})

// returns `package.settings`
var config = require('pkg-config')('settings', {
  root: false
})

API

config(namespace, options, fallback)

Arguments

name	description	default
`namespace`	property name in `package.json`, typically this will be your package name	`undefined`
`option`	see `options`
`fallback`	fallback value	`undefined`