Add loadEnvFile

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ Notable changes to this project are documented in this file. The format is based
 Breaking changes:
 
 New features:
+- Add FFI for `process.loadEnvFile` as `loadEnvFile` and `loadEnvFile'` (#47 by @m-rinaldi)
 
 Bugfixes:
 

src/Node/Process.js

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ export const setEnvImpl = (key, val) => {
 export const unsetEnvImpl = (key) => {
   delete process.env[key];
 };
+export const loadEnvFileImpl = (path) => process.loadEnvFile(path);
 export const execArgv = () => process.execArgv.slice();
 export const execPath = () => process.execPath;
 export const exit = () => process.exit();

src/Node/Process.purs

@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ module Node.Process
   , lookupEnv
   , setEnv
   , unsetEnv
+  , loadEnvFile
+  , loadEnvFile'
   , execArgv
   , execPath
   , exit
@@ -332,6 +334,20 @@ unsetEnv key = runEffectFn1 unsetEnvImpl key
 
 foreign import unsetEnvImpl :: EffectFn1 (String) (Unit)
 
+-- | Load the `.env` file in the current working directory into `process.env`.
+-- | Variables already present in the environment are not overwritten.
+-- | Throws if the file does not exist. Lines that cannot be parsed are skipped.
+loadEnvFile :: Effect Unit
+loadEnvFile = runEffectFn1 loadEnvFileImpl ".env"
+
+-- | Load the given `.env`-formatted file into `process.env`.
+-- | Variables already present in the environment are not overwritten.
+-- | Throws if the file does not exist. Lines that cannot be parsed are skipped.
+loadEnvFile' :: String -> Effect Unit
+loadEnvFile' path = runEffectFn1 loadEnvFileImpl path
+
+foreign import loadEnvFileImpl :: EffectFn1 String Unit
+
 -- | Get a copy of the Node-specific options passed to the `node` executable.
 foreign import execArgv :: Effect (Array String)
 

test/Main.purs

@@ -4,12 +4,17 @@ import Prelude
 
 import Data.Maybe (Maybe(..))
 import Effect (Effect)
-import Effect.Exception (throw)
+import Effect.Exception (catchException, throw)
 import Foreign.Object as Object
 import Node.Process as Process
 
 main :: Effect Unit
 main = do
+  testEnvMutation
+  testLoadEnvFile
+
+testEnvMutation :: Effect Unit
+testEnvMutation = do
   let key = "PURESCRIPT_NODE_PROCESS_TEST"
   original <- Process.lookupEnv key
   Process.setEnv key "first"
@@ -18,11 +23,48 @@ main = do
   current <- Process.lookupEnv key
   Process.unsetEnv key
   removed <- Process.lookupEnv key
-  case original of
-    Nothing -> Process.unsetEnv key
-    Just value -> Process.setEnv key value
+  restoreEnv key original
   if
     Object.lookup key snapshot == Just "first"
       && current == Just "second"
       && removed == Nothing then pure unit
   else throw "Environment lookup, snapshot, or removal failed"
+
+testLoadEnvFile :: Effect Unit
+testLoadEnvFile = do
+  let loadedKey = "PURESCRIPT_NODE_PROCESS_ENV_FILE_LOADED"
+  let existingKey = "PURESCRIPT_NODE_PROCESS_ENV_FILE_EXISTING"
+  originalLoaded <- Process.lookupEnv loadedKey
+  originalExisting <- Process.lookupEnv existingKey
+  originalCwd <- Process.cwd
+
+  -- Explicit path: loads new variables, keeps existing ones.
+  Process.unsetEnv loadedKey
+  Process.setEnv existingKey "already-set"
+  Process.loadEnvFile' "test/fixtures/.env"
+  loadedByPath <- Process.lookupEnv loadedKey
+  kept <- Process.lookupEnv existingKey
+
+  -- Default path: resolves `.env` against the current working directory.
+  Process.unsetEnv loadedKey
+  Process.chdir "test/fixtures"
+  Process.loadEnvFile
+  Process.chdir originalCwd
+  loadedByDefault <- Process.lookupEnv loadedKey
+
+  -- Missing file throws.
+  missingThrew <- Process.loadEnvFile' "test/fixtures/missing.env" $> false # catchException \_ -> pure true
+
+  restoreEnv loadedKey originalLoaded
+  restoreEnv existingKey originalExisting
+  if
+    loadedByPath == Just "from-file"
+      && kept == Just "already-set"
+      && loadedByDefault == Just "from-file"
+      && missingThrew then pure unit
+  else throw "loadEnvFile did not load the file, overwrote an existing variable, or did not throw for a missing file"
+
+restoreEnv :: String -> Maybe String -> Effect Unit
+restoreEnv key = case _ of
+  Nothing -> Process.unsetEnv key
+  Just value -> Process.setEnv key value

test/fixtures/.env

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+PURESCRIPT_NODE_PROCESS_ENV_FILE_LOADED=from-file
+PURESCRIPT_NODE_PROCESS_ENV_FILE_EXISTING=should-not-win