search

Static method that searches for a config file across service-specific paths, caller-supplied directories, and default standard locations. Returns a loaded ConfigLoader as soon as the first existing file is found, or null if none of the candidates exist.

Default search paths (joined with filename, in order):

${cwd}/${filename}
${cwd}/config/${filename}
$HOME/.signalwire/${filename}
${cwd}/.swml/${filename}
$HOME/.swml/${filename}
/etc/swml/${filename}

When serviceName is provided, two service-specific variants are checked before any other path:

${cwd}/${serviceName}_${filename}
${cwd}/.swml/${serviceName}_${filename}

When additionalPaths is provided, those directories are checked (joined with filename) after the service-specific variants but before the defaults.

Parameters

filename

stringRequired

The config file name to search for (e.g., "config.json").

additionalPaths

string[]

Extra directories to search before the default locations. Each directory is joined with filename to form a candidate path.

serviceName

string

Optional service name. When provided, adds ${serviceName}_${filename} variants to the front of the search order so a service can override the generic config file.

Returns

ConfigLoader | null — A loaded ConfigLoader instance, or null if no candidate path exists.

Example

1 import { ConfigLoader } from '@signalwire/sdk';
2 
3 const config = ConfigLoader.search('agent-config.json', ['/etc/myapp'], 'myservice');
4 if (config) {
5   console.log('Config found at:', config.getFilePath());
6   console.log('Port:', config.get<number>('server.port', 3000));
7 } else {
8   console.log('No config file found');
9 }

1	import { ConfigLoader } from '@signalwire/sdk';
2
3	const config = ConfigLoader.search('agent-config.json', ['/etc/myapp'], 'myservice');
4	if (config) {
5	console.log('Config found at:', config.getFilePath());
6	console.log('Port:', config.get<number>('server.port', 3000));
7	} else {
8	console.log('No config file found');
9	}