env-schema-validate

A lightweight, zero-dependency Node.js package for validating environment variables against a schema.

Installation

npm install env-schema-validate

Usage

Define a schema for your environment variables and validate them:

import validateEnv from "env-schema-validate";

const schema = {
  PORT: { type: "number", default: 3000, required: false },
  API_KEY: { type: "string", required: true },
  DATABASE_URL: { type: "url", required: true },
  MAX_USERS: { type: "number", min: 1, max: 1000 },
  EMAIL: { type: "email" },
};

try {
  const env = validateEnv(schema);
  console.log("Validated environment:", env);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error.message);
}

Schema Options

• type: One of 'string', 'number', 'boolean', 'url', 'email'.
• required: Boolean, defaults to true. If true, the variable must be present unless a default is provided.
• default: Default value if the variable is missing.
• min: Minimum value for numbers.
• max: Maximum value for numbers.

Features

• Zero dependencies.
• Supports TypeScript with included type definitions.
• Validates types, required fields, and constraints (min/max for numbers, URL/email formats).
• Throws clear, descriptive errors for invalid configurations.
• Works with process.env by default, but accepts custom env objects for testing.

Example

// .env
PORT=8080
API_KEY=abc123
DATABASE_URL=https://example.com
MAX_USERS=500
EMAIL=user@example.com

// index.js
import validateEnv from 'env-schema-validate';

const schema = {
  PORT: { type: 'number', default: 3000, required: false },
  API_KEY: { type: 'string', required: true },
  DATABASE_URL: { type: 'url', required: true },
  MAX_USERS: { type: 'number', min: 1, max: 1000 },
  EMAIL: { type: 'email' }
};

const env = validateEnv(schema);
console.log(env);
// Output: { PORT: 8080, API_KEY: 'abc123', DATABASE_URL: 'https://example.com', MAX_USERS: 500, EMAIL: 'user@example.com' }