Read ssl cert and key for https from .env file

.gitignore

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 node_modules/*
 dist/*
 settings.json
+.env

example_settings.json

@@ -9,7 +9,5 @@
     "get:time",
     "get:bs"
   ],
-  "sslCertFile": "/path/to/cert.pem",
-  "sslKeyFile": "/path/to/key.pem",
   "tokenSandbox": true
 }

src/main.ts

@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ interface Settings {
   resourceServerUrl: string
   resourceScopes: string[]
   authProvider: string
-  sslCertFile: string
-  sslKeyFile: string
   tokenSandbox: boolean
 }
 
@@ -22,6 +20,7 @@ export let settings: Settings
 export let authServer: AxiosInstance
 export let resourceServer: AxiosInstance
 
+// The settings.json file is expected at the server's base url
 axios.get("settings.json").then().then(
   resp => {
     settings = resp.data

tsconfig.node.json

@@ -10,9 +10,11 @@
   "compilerOptions": {
     "noEmit": true,
     "tsBuildInfoFile": "./node_modules/.tmp/tsconfig.node.tsbuildinfo",
-
     "module": "ESNext",
     "moduleResolution": "Bundler",
-    "types": ["node"]
+    "types": [
+      "node",
+      "vite/client"
+    ]
   }
 }

vite.config.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
+//
+// Webcrypto is required for docoding the tokens, and thus https is compulsary.
+//
+// Read an environment file (.env) at the project's root,
+// with 2 variables VITE_SSL_KEY and VITE_SSL_CERT defining the location
+// of the ssl key and cert
+//
+
 import { fileURLToPath, URL } from 'node:url'
-import { defineConfig, UserConfig } from 'vite'
+import { defineConfig, UserConfig, loadEnv } from 'vite'
 
 import fs from 'fs';
 import path from 'path';
@@ -7,7 +15,8 @@ import path from 'path';
 import vue from '@vitejs/plugin-vue'
 //import vueDevTools from 'vite-plugin-vue-devtools'
 
-import { settings } from "./settings"
+// Read the env file
+const env = loadEnv("dev", ".")
 
 let baseSettings: UserConfig = {
   plugins: [
@@ -21,11 +30,11 @@ let baseSettings: UserConfig = {
   },
 }
 
-if (settings.key && settings.cert) {
+if (env.VITE_SSL_CERT && env.VITE_SSL_KEY) {
   baseSettings['server'] = {
     https: {
-      key: fs.readFileSync(path.resolve(settings.key)),
+      key: fs.readFileSync(path.resolve(env.VITE_SSL_KEY)),
-      cert: fs.readFileSync(path.resolve(settings.cert))
+      cert: fs.readFileSync(path.resolve(env.VITE_SSL_CERT))
     }
   }
 }