NAME
Mojolicious::Plugin::JSONConfig - JSON configuration plugin
SYNOPSIS
# myapp.json
{
"foo" : "bar",
"music_dir" : "<%= app->home->rel_dir('music') %>"
}
# Mojolicious
my $config = $self->plugin('JSONConfig');
# Mojolicious::Lite
my $config = plugin 'JSONConfig';
# foo.html.ep
%= $config->{foo}
# The configuration is available application wide
my $config = app->config;
# Everything can be customized with options
my $config = plugin JSONConfig => {file => '/etc/myapp.conf'};DESCRIPTION
Mojolicious::Plugin::JSONConfig is a JSON configuration plugin that preprocesses its input with Mojo::Template.
The application object can be accessed via $app or the app function. You can extend the normal config file myapp.json with mode specific ones like myapp.$mode.json. A default configuration filename will be generated from the value of "moniker" in Mojolicious.
The code of this plugin is a good example for learning to build new plugins, you're welcome to fork it.
OPTIONS
Mojolicious::Plugin::JSONConfig inherits all options from Mojolicious::Plugin::Config and supports the following new ones.
template
# Mojolicious::Lite
plugin JSONConfig => {template => {line_start => '.'}};Attribute values passed to Mojo::Template object used to preprocess configuration files.
METHODS
Mojolicious::Plugin::JSONConfig inherits all methods from Mojolicious::Plugin::Config and implements the following new ones.
parse
$plugin->parse($content, $file, $conf, $app);Process content with render and parse it with Mojo::JSON.
sub parse {
my ($self, $content, $file, $conf, $app) = @_;
...
$content = $self->render($content, $file, $conf, $app);
...
return $hash;
}register
my $config = $plugin->register(Mojolicious->new);
my $config = $plugin->register(Mojolicious->new, {file => '/etc/foo.conf'});Register plugin in Mojolicious application and merge configuration.
render
$plugin->render($content, $file, $conf, $app);Process configuration file with Mojo::Template.
sub render {
my ($self, $content, $file, $conf, $app) = @_;
...
return $content;
}