angular-env-builder

Custom angular builder to generate "src/environments/environment.ts" file based on your environment variables.

Installation

npm install --save-dev @igorissen/angular-env-builder

You must install the dotenv package in version 16.4.x as it is a peer dependency.

npm install --save-dev dotenv@16.4

Configuration

After installation, you need to configure the builder in your Angular project. Update your angular.json file to include angular-env-builder.

1. Open the angular.json file in your project's root directory.
2. Add the builder to the desired architect target

{
  // ...
  "projects": {
    "[your-app-name]": {
      "architect": {
        "[target-name]": {
          "builder": "@igorissen/angular-env-builder:generate",
          "options": {
            "destination": "src/environments/environment.ts",
            "variables": [
              {
                "envKey": "apiUrl",
                "processEnvKey": "API_URL",
                "valueType": "string"
              },
              {
                "envKey": "apiPayload",
                "processEnvKey": "API_PAYLOAD",
                "valueType": "object"
              },
              {
                "envKey": "apiPort",
                "processEnvKey": "API_PORT",
                "valueType": "number"
              },
              {
                "envKey": "apiEnabled",
                "processEnvKey": "API_ENABLED",
                "valueType": "boolean"
              }
            ]
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
  // ...
}

3. Replace [target-name] with the target you are customizing (e.g., build, serve, etc.), and provide necessary options as needed by the builder.

Builder Options

This table provides a structured overview of each property and its intended type and purpose within the options object.

Property	Type	Description
destination	string	The file path where the environment variables will be written.
variables	array of objects	An array containing objects that define each environment variable to process.

Each object within the variables array has the following properties:

Property	Type	Description
envKey	string	The key to be used in the output environment file (environment.ts) to access the environment variable.
processEnvKey	string	The key used to reference the environment variable from the Node.js process (process.env).
valueType	string	The expected data type of the environment variable value. It can be string, object, number, or boolean.

Usage

Once configured, you can run the builder using Angular CLI:

ng run [project-name]:[target-name]

Replace [project-name] with the name of your Angular project and [target-name] with the target you configured.

Support

If you encounter any issues, feel free to create an issue.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.