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NAME

Mojolicious::Plugin::JsonConfig - JSON Configuration Plugin

SYNOPSIS

    # myapp.json
    {
        "foo"       : "bar",
        "music_dir" : "<%= app->home->rel_dir('music') %>"
    }

    # Mojolicious
    $self->plugin('json_config');

    # Mojolicious::Lite
    plugin 'json_config';

    # Reads myapp.json by default and puts the parsed version into the stash
    my $config = $self->stash('config');

    # Everything can be customized with options
    my $config = plugin json_config => {
        file      => '/etc/myapp.conf',
        stash_key => 'conf'
    };

DESCRIPTION

Mojolicous::Plugin::JsonConfig is a JSON configuration plugin that preprocesses it's input with Mojo::Template.

The application object can be accessed via $app or the app helper. You can extend the normal config file myapp.json with mode specific ones like myapp.$mode.json.

Options

default
    # Mojolicious::Lite
    plugin json_config => {default => {foo => 'bar'}};
ext
    # Mojolicious::Lite
    plugin json_config => {ext => 'conf'};

File extension of config file, defaults to json.

file
    # Mojolicious::Lite
    plugin json_config => {file => 'myapp.conf'};
    plugin json_config => {file => '/etc/foo.json'};

By default myapp.json is searched in the application home directory.

stash_key
    # Mojolicious::Lite
    plugin json_config => {stash_key => 'conf'};
template
    # Mojolicious::Lite
    plugin json_config => {template => {line_start => '.'}};

METHODS

Mojolicious::Plugin::JsonConfig inherits all methods from Mojolicious::Plugin and implements the following new ones.

register

    $plugin->register;

Register plugin hooks in Mojolicious application.

SEE ALSO

Mojolicious, Mojolicious::Guides, http://mojolicious.org.