package flagutil import ( "flag" "fmt" "os" "strings" ) // SetFlagsFromEnv parses all registered flags in the given flagset, // and if they are not already set it attempts to set their values from // environment variables. Environment variables take the name of the flag but // are UPPERCASE, and any dashes are replaced by underscores. Environment // variables additionally are prefixed by the given string followed by // and underscore. For example, if prefix=PREFIX: some-flag => PREFIX_SOME_FLAG func SetFlagsFromEnv(fs *flag.FlagSet, prefix string) (err error) { alreadySet := make(map[string]bool) fs.Visit(func(f *flag.Flag) { alreadySet[f.Name] = true }) fs.VisitAll(func(f *flag.Flag) { if !alreadySet[f.Name] { key := prefix + "_" + strings.ToUpper(strings.Replace(f.Name, "-", "_", -1)) val := os.Getenv(key) if val != "" { if serr := fs.Set(f.Name, val); serr != nil { err = fmt.Errorf("invalid value %q for %s: %v", val, key, serr) } } } }) return err }