README.md

@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@
 
 Dotenv loads environment variables from `.env` into `ENV` (process.env).
 
-[![BuildStatus](https://travis-ci.org/motdotla/dotenv.png?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/motdotla/dotenv)
-[![NPM version](https://badge.fury.io/js/dotenv.png)](http://badge.fury.io/js/dotenv)
+[![BuildStatus](https://img.shields.io/travis/motdotla/dotenv.svg?style=flat-square)](https://travis-ci.org/motdotla/dotenv)
+[![NPM version](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/dotenv.svg?style=flat-square)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/dotenv)
+[![js-standard-style](https://img.shields.io/badge/code%20style-standard-brightgreen.svg?style=flat-square)](https://github.com/feross/standard)
 
 > "Storing [configuration in the environment](http://www.12factor.net/config) 
 > is one of the tenets of a [twelve-factor app](http://www.12factor.net/). 

lib/main.js

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ module.exports = {
   config: function (options) {
     var path = '.env'
     var encoding = 'utf8'
+    var silent = false
 
     if (options) {
       if (options.path) {
@@ -19,6 +20,9 @@ module.exports = {
       if (options.encoding) {
         encoding = options.encoding
       }
+      if (options.silent) {
+        silent = options.silent
+      }
     }
 
     try {
@@ -31,7 +35,9 @@ module.exports = {
 
       return true
     } catch(e) {
-      console.error(e)
+      if (!silent) {
+        console.error(e)
+      }
       return false
     }
   },

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "dotenv",
-  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "version": "1.1.0",
   "description": "Loads environment variables from .env file",
   "main": "lib/main.js",
   "scripts": {

test/main.js

@@ -83,6 +83,15 @@ describe('dotenv', function () {
       done()
     })
 
+    it('takes option for silencing errors', function (done) {
+      var errorStub = s.stub(console, 'error')
+      readFileSyncStub.throws()
+
+      dotenv.config({silent: true}).should.eql(false)
+      errorStub.called.should.be.false
+      done()
+    })
+
   })
 
   describe('parse', function () {