Selectively replace Node-style environment variables with plain strings. Available as a standalone CLI tool and a Browserifyv2 transform.
Works best in combination withuglifyify.
If you're using the module with Browserify:
npm install envify browserifyOr, for the CLI:
sudo npm install -g envifyenvify will replace your environment variable checks with ordinary strings -
only the variables you use will be included, so you don't have to worry about,
say,AWS_SECRET_KEYleaking through either. Take this example script:
if(process.env.NODE_ENV==="development"){
console.log('development only')
}After running it through envify withNODE_ENVset toproduction,you'll
get this:
if("production"==="development"){
console.log('development only')
}By running this through a good minifier (e.g. UglifyJS2), the above code would be stripped out completely.
However, if you bundled the same script withNODE_ENVset todevelopment:
if("development"==="development"){
console.log('development only')
}Theifstatement will evaluate totrue,so the code won't be removed.
With browserify:
browserify index.js -t envify>bundle.jsOr standalone:
envify index.js>bundle.jsYou can also specify additional custom environment variables using browserify'ssubargsyntax, which is available in versions 3.25.0 and above:
browserify index.js -t [ envify --NODE_ENV development ]>bundle.js
browserify index.js -t [ envify --NODE_ENV production ]>bundle.jsrequire('envify')
Returns a transform stream that updates based on the Node process'
process.envobject.
require('envify/custom')([environment])
If you want to stay away from your environment variables, you can supply your own object to use in its place:
varbrowserify=require('browserify')
,envify=require('envify/custom')
,fs=require('fs')
varb=browserify('main.js')
,output=fs.createWriteStream('bundle.js')
b.transform(envify({
NODE_ENV:'development'
}))
b.bundle().pipe(output)By default, environment variables that are not defined will be left untouched. This is because in some cases, you might want to run an envify transform over your source more than once, and removing these values would make that impossible.
However, if any references toprocess.envare remaining after transforming
your source with envify, browserify will automatically insert its shim for
Node's process object, which will increase the size of your bundle. This weighs
in at around 2KB, so if you're trying to be conservative with your bundle size
you can "purge" these remaining variables such that any missing ones are simply
replaced with undefined.
To do so through the command-line, simply use the subarg syntax and include
purgeafterenvify,e.g.:
browserify index.js -t [ envify purge --NODE_ENV development ]Or if you're using the module API, you can pass_: "purge"into your
arguments like so:
b.transform(envify({
_:'purge'
,NODE_ENV:'development'
}))