parser¶

The parser defines the deserializer used to parse the source-content.

If the parser is not explicitly defined, EnvAlias will estimate what to use based on filename extension or the http-remote Content-Type response header.

All other source-content is treated as plain text.

Example - ini¶

Parse the aws_access_key_id from a standard AWS credentials file.

env-alias:
  AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID:
    source: "~/.aws/credentials"
    parser: ini
    selector: "default.aws_access_key_id"

Example - yaml¶

Parse a value from /foo/bar/data in the file /tmp/foobar.data using an explict yaml parser because the filename extension does not indicate a .yaml file.

env-alias:
  EXAMPLE:
    source: "/tmp/foobar.data"
    parser: yaml
    selector: "/foo/bar/data"

Example - json¶

Parse a value from /foo/bar/data in the file /tmp/foobar.json using an inferred JSON parser because the filename infers the json file type.

env-alias:
  EXAMPLE:
    source: "/tmp/foobar.json"
    selector: "/foo/bar/data"

Example - text¶

Read the source as text even though the filename indicates .json content type.

env-alias:
  EXAMPLE:
    source: "/tmp/foobar.json"
    parser: text
    selector: 1