From 844b96594192b740124e9cf7e4992e4317a0e9f7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lakhan Samani <lakhan.m.samani@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2021 23:39:47 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] feat: add support for --env_file flag

Resolves #41
---
 server/env.go | 11 +++++++++--
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/server/env.go b/server/env.go
index 238dd9c..769307b 100644
--- a/server/env.go
+++ b/server/env.go
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ var Version string
 func ParseArgs() {
 	dbURL := flag.String("database_url", "", "Database connection string")
 	dbType := flag.String("databse_type", "", "Database type, possible values are postgres,mysql,sqlit")
-	authorizerURL := flag.String("AUTHORIZER_URL", "", "URL for authorizer instance, eg: https://xyz.herokuapp.com")
+	authorizerURL := flag.String("authorizer_url", "", "URL for authorizer instance, eg: https://xyz.herokuapp.com")
+
 	flag.Parse()
 	if *dbURL != "" {
 		constants.DATABASE_URL = *dbURL
@@ -34,7 +35,13 @@ func ParseArgs() {
 
 // InitEnv -> to initialize env and through error if required env are not present
 func InitEnv() {
-	err := godotenv.Load()
+	envPath := `.env`
+	envFile := flag.String("env_file", "", "Env file path")
+	flag.Parse()
+	if *envFile != "" {
+		envPath = *envFile
+	}
+	err := godotenv.Load(envPath)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Println("Error loading .env file")
 	}