configutils/configutils.go

package configutils

import (
  "encoding/json"
  "os"
  "fmt"
)

var (
  Conf *Configuration // store configuration for global access
)

type Configuration struct {
  DBHost string
  DBUser string
  DBPass string
  DBName string
  CryptoKey string
  // TODO dynamic fields
}

func ReadConfig(filename string) Configuration {
  file, _ := os.Open(filename)
  decoder := json.NewDecoder(file)
  configuration := Configuration{}
  err := decoder.Decode(&configuration)
  if err != nil {
    fmt.Println("error:", err)
  }

  //fmt.Printf("%#v", configuration) // DEBUG

  return configuration
}