How to handle configuration in Go [closed]

Answer 1

I have started using Gcfg which uses Ini-like files. It's simple - if you want something simple, this is a good choice.

Here's the loading code I am using currently, which has default settings and allows command line flags (not shown) that override some of my config:

package util

import (
    "code.google.com/p/gcfg"
)

type Config struct {
    Port int
    Verbose bool
    AccessLog string
    ErrorLog string
    DbDriver string
    DbConnection string
    DbTblPrefix string
}

type configFile struct {
    Server Config
}

const defaultConfig = `
    [server]
    port = 8000
    verbose = false
    accessLog = -
    errorLog  = -
    dbDriver     = mysql
    dbConnection = testuser:TestPasswd9@/test
    dbTblPrefix  =
`

func LoadConfiguration(cfgFile string, port int, verbose bool) Config {
    var err error
    var cfg configFile

    if cfgFile != "" {
        err = gcfg.ReadFileInto(&cfg, cfgFile)
    } else {
        err = gcfg.ReadStringInto(&cfg, defaultConfig)
    }

    PanicOnError(err)

    if port != 0 {
        cfg.Server.Port = port
    }
    if verbose {
        cfg.Server.Verbose = true
    }

    return cfg.Server
}