Properly use DATABASE_URL as per documentation

Author: bill-kitsune

lib/config.js

@@ -31,7 +31,9 @@ Config.prototype = {
 };
 
 exports.load = function (config, currentEnv) {
-  if (typeof config === 'object') {
+  if (process.env.DATABASE_URL) {
+    return exports.loadUrl(process.env.DATABASE_URL, currentEnv);
+  } else if (typeof config === 'object') {
     return exports.loadObject(config, currentEnv);
   } else {
     return exports.loadFile(config, currentEnv);

test/config_test.js

@@ -308,6 +308,28 @@ lab.experiment('config', function () {
     }
   );
 
+  lab.experiment('loading a url from the DATABASE_URL environment variable', function () {
+    lab.test('should use DATABASE_URL env var in lue of anything else', function (done, cleanup) {
+      process.env.DATABASE_URL = 'postgres://uname:[email protected]/dbname';
+      var configPath = path.join(__dirname, 'database_with_default_env.json');
+      var cfg = config.load(configPath, 'dev');
+      cleanup(function (next) {
+        delete process.env.DATABASE_URL;
+        next();
+      });
+
+      Code.expect(cfg.getCurrent).to.exists();
+      var current = cfg.getCurrent();
+      Code.expect(current.env).to.equal('dev');
+      Code.expect(current.settings.driver).to.equal('postgres');
+      Code.expect(current.settings.user).to.equal('uname');
+      Code.expect(current.settings.password).to.equal('pw');
+      Code.expect(current.settings.database).to.equal('dbname');
+      Code.expect(current.settings.host).to.equal('server.com');
+      done();
+    });
+  });
+
   lab.experiment(
     'loading from an ENV URL within the object and extending it from the ENV',
     function () {