Expose configDotenv as public method

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [standa
 
 ## [Unreleased](https://github.com/motdotla/dotenv/compare/v16.1.0...master)
 
+## [16.1.2](https://github.com/motdotla/dotenv/compare/v16.1.1...v16.1.2) (2023-05-31)
+
+### Changed
+
+- Exposed private function `_configDotenv` as `configDotenv`. [#744](https://github.com/motdotla/dotenv/pull/744)
+
 ## [16.1.1](https://github.com/motdotla/dotenv/compare/v16.1.0...v16.1.1) (2023-05-30)
 
 ### Added

lib/main.d.ts

@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ export interface DotenvPopulateInput {
 }
 
 /**
- * Loads `.env` file contents into process.env.
+ * Loads `.env` file contents into process.env by default. If `DOTENV_KEY` is present, it smartly attempts to load encrypted `.env.vault` file contents into process.env.
  *
  * See https://docs.dotenv.org
  *
@@ -100,6 +100,17 @@ export interface DotenvPopulateInput {
  */
 export function config(options?: DotenvConfigOptions): DotenvConfigOutput;
 
+/**
+ * Loads `.env` file contents into process.env.
+ *
+ * See https://docs.dotenv.org
+ *
+ * @param options - additional options. example: `{ path: './custom/path', encoding: 'latin1', debug: true, override: false }`
+ * @returns an object with a `parsed` key if successful or `error` key if an error occurred. example: { parsed: { KEY: 'value' } }
+ *
+ */
+export function configDotenv(options?: DotenvConfigOptions): DotenvConfigOutput;
+
 /**
  * Loads `source` json contents into `target` like process.env.
  *

lib/main.js

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ function _parseVault (options) {
   const vaultPath = _vaultPath(options)
 
   // Parse .env.vault
-  const result = DotenvModule._configDotenv({ path: vaultPath })
+  const result = DotenvModule.configDotenv({ path: vaultPath })
   if (!result.parsed) {
     throw new Error(`MISSING_DATA: Cannot parse ${vaultPath} for an unknown reason`)
   }
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ function _configVault (options) {
   return { parsed }
 }
 
-function _configDotenv (options) {
+function configDotenv (options) {
   let dotenvPath = path.resolve(process.cwd(), '.env')
   let encoding = 'utf8'
   const debug = Boolean(options && options.debug)
@@ -203,14 +203,14 @@ function config (options) {
 
   // fallback to original dotenv if DOTENV_KEY is not set
   if (_dotenvKey().length === 0) {
-    return DotenvModule._configDotenv(options)
+    return DotenvModule.configDotenv(options)
   }
 
   // dotenvKey exists but .env.vault file does not exist
   if (!fs.existsSync(vaultPath)) {
     _warn(`You set DOTENV_KEY but you are missing a .env.vault file at ${vaultPath}. Did you forget to build it?`)
 
-    return DotenvModule._configDotenv(options)
+    return DotenvModule.configDotenv(options)
   }
 
   return DotenvModule._configVault(options)
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ function populate (processEnv, parsed, options = {}) {
 }
 
 const DotenvModule = {
-  _configDotenv,
+  configDotenv,
   _configVault,
   _parseVault,
   config,
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ const DotenvModule = {
   populate
 }
 
-module.exports._configDotenv = DotenvModule._configDotenv
+module.exports.configDotenv = DotenvModule.configDotenv
 module.exports._configVault = DotenvModule._configVault
 module.exports._parseVault = DotenvModule._parseVault
 module.exports.config = DotenvModule.config

tests/test-config-vault.js

@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ t.test('throws not found if .env.vault is empty', ct => {
 t.test('throws missing data when somehow parsed badly', ct => {
   ct.plan(1)
 
-  const configDotenvStub = sinon.stub(dotenv, '_configDotenv').returns({ parsed: undefined })
+  const configDotenvStub = sinon.stub(dotenv, 'configDotenv').returns({ parsed: undefined })
 
   try {
     dotenv.config({ path: testPath })