philiprehberger-config-kit

Layered configuration loader merging env vars, files, and defaults.

Installation

pip install philiprehberger-config-kit

Usage

from philiprehberger_config_kit import Config

config = Config(
    sources=[
        Config.defaults({"port": 3000, "debug": False, "log_level": "info"}),
        Config.json_file("config.json", optional=True),
        Config.env_file(".env", optional=True),
        Config.env(prefix="APP_"),
    ]
)

# Typed access
port = config.get_int("port")
debug = config.get_bool("debug")
db_url = config.get_str("database_url")
timeout = config.get_float("timeout", default=5.0)
hosts = config.get_list("allowed_hosts")

Dot-Notation Access

Retrieve nested values using dot-separated keys:

from philiprehberger_config_kit import Config

config = Config(
    sources=[
        Config.defaults({
            "database": {"host": "localhost", "port": 5432},
            "cache": {"redis": {"url": "redis://localhost"}},
        }),
    ]
)

host = config.get("database.host")           # "localhost"
port = config.get_int("database.port")        # 5432
url = config.get_str("cache.redis.url")       # "redis://localhost"

Source Priority

Sources are applied in order -- later sources override earlier ones:

from philiprehberger_config_kit import Config

config = Config(sources=[
    Config.defaults({...}),       # lowest priority
    Config.json_file("..."),      # overrides defaults
    Config.env_file(".env"),      # overrides JSON
    Config.env(prefix="APP_"),    # highest priority
])

Schema Validation

Define expected keys, types, and allowed values, then validate:

from philiprehberger_config_kit import Config, ConfigSchema, SchemaError

config = Config(sources=[
    Config.defaults({"host": "localhost", "port": 5432, "mode": "dev"}),
])

schema = ConfigSchema()
schema.required("host", str)
schema.required("port", int)
schema.optional("debug", bool)
schema.required("mode", str, choices=["dev", "prod", "test"])

config.validate(schema)  # raises SchemaError with all failures listed

Reload

Refresh configuration from all sources at runtime:

from philiprehberger_config_kit import Config

config = Config(sources=[Config.env(prefix="APP_")])
port = config.get("port")

# After environment changes...
config.reload()
port = config.get("port")  # picks up the new value

Change Listeners

Get notified when a value changes after reload():

from philiprehberger_config_kit import Config

config = Config(sources=[Config.json_file("config.json")])

def log_change(key, old, new):
    print(f"{key}: {old!r} -> {new!r}")

unsubscribe = config.on_change(log_change)

# Later, after the source file changes on disk:
config.reload()
# log_change is called once per dotted key whose value changed

unsubscribe()  # stop listening

Export Methods

from philiprehberger_config_kit import Config

config = Config(sources=[
    Config.defaults({"db": {"host": "localhost", "port": 5432}, "debug": True}),
])

# Deep copy as nested dict
data = config.to_dict()
# {"db": {"host": "localhost", "port": 5432}, "debug": True}

# Flat dict with dot-notation keys (string values)
flat = config.flatten()
# {"db.host": "localhost", "db.port": "5432", "debug": "True"}

# Environment variable format (UPPER_SNAKE_CASE, string values)
env = config.to_env(prefix="APP")
# {"APP_DB_HOST": "localhost", "APP_DB_PORT": "5432", "APP_DEBUG": "True"}

Config Snapshot Diffing

Capture config state and compare snapshots to see what changed:

from philiprehberger_config_kit import Config

config = Config(sources=[
    Config.defaults({"host": "localhost", "port": 3000}),
    Config.env(prefix="APP_"),
])

before = config.snapshot()

# ... environment changes, then reload ...
config.reload()
after = config.snapshot()

diff = before.diff(after)
# {"added": {...}, "removed": {...}, "changed": {"port": {"old": "3000", "new": "8080"}}}

Typed List Getters

Parse comma-separated values into typed lists:

from philiprehberger_config_kit import Config

config = Config(sources=[
    Config.defaults({"ports": "8080,8081,8082", "rates": "1.5,2.0,3.7"}),
])

ports = config.get_int_list("ports")      # [8080, 8081, 8082]
rates = config.get_float_list("rates")    # [1.5, 2.0, 3.7]

# Custom separator
config2 = Config(sources=[Config.defaults({"ids": "1|2|3"})])
config2.get_int_list("ids", sep="|")      # [1, 2, 3]

Environment Variables

With prefix="APP_", env vars are mapped:

• APP_PORT -> port
• APP_DATABASE__HOST -> database.host (double underscore = nested)

Bool Coercion

get_bool() accepts: true/false, 1/0, yes/no, on/off

In-Memory Dict Source

Layer programmatic overrides on top of file/env sources without writing to disk. Both flat and nested forms work:

from philiprehberger_config_kit import Config

config = Config([
    Config.defaults({"port": 8080}),
    Config.dict_source({"db": {"host": "x", "port": 5432}}),  # nested
    Config.json_file("config.json", optional=True),           # overrides above
])

Runtime Mutations with set()

Config.set(key, value) updates a value at runtime and fires on_change listeners — only when the value actually changes.

config.on_change(lambda key, old, new: print(f"{key}: {old} -> {new}"))

config.set("db.host", "new-host")
# db.host: localhost -> new-host

config.set("db.host", "new-host")  # same value, listener does NOT fire

Loading Directly from Env Vars with from_env()

Skip building a full source list when you only need env vars. The prefix-matching, lowercasing, and __ -> . rules are identical to Config.env().

from philiprehberger_config_kit import Config

# APP_DB__HOST=localhost APP_DB__PORT=5432
config = Config.from_env("APP_")
config.get("db.host")  # "localhost"
config.get_int("db.port")  # 5432

# Keep the prefix in the resulting keys
config = Config.from_env("APP_", strip_prefix=False)
config.get("app_db.host")  # "localhost"

Slicing a Config with subset()

Return a new Config restricted to keys under a dot-notation prefix. By default the prefix is stripped from the resulting keys.

from philiprehberger_config_kit import Config

config = Config([
    Config.dict_source({
        "db": {"host": "localhost", "port": 5432},
        "cache": {"ttl": 60},
    }),
])

db = config.subset("db.")
db.get("host")       # "localhost"
db.get_int("port")   # 5432

db_full = config.subset("db.", strip_prefix=False)
db_full.get("db.host")  # "localhost"

Composing Configs with merge()

Combine two Config instances without re-reading files or env vars. Values from the right-hand config take precedence using the same deep-merge rules as layered sources.

base = Config(sources=[Config.defaults({"db": {"host": "localhost", "port": 5432}})])
overlay = Config(sources=[Config.defaults({"db": {"host": "prod.example.com"}})])

combined = base.merge(overlay)
combined.get("db.host")  # "prod.example.com"
combined.get("db.port")  # 5432 (inherited from base)

API

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License

MIT