I have a config file in my src/main/resources folder and I would like to load this, and what I did to do that is:
println(getClass.getClassLoader.getResource("db.conf"))
val path = getClass.getClassLoader.getResource("db.conf").getPath
val DB_CONFIG = ConfigFactory.parseFile(new File(path))
println(DB_CONFIG)
// Prepare the MongoDB Connection credentials
val prepareMongoDBConfig: Option[(String, Int, String, String, String)] = for {
host <- Option(DB_CONFIG.getString("database_host"))
port <- Option(DB_CONFIG.getInt ("database_port"))
user <- Option(DB_CONFIG.getString("database_user"))
pass <- Option(DB_CONFIG.getString("database_pass"))
dbname <- Option(DB_CONFIG.getString("database_name"))
} yield (host, port, user, pass, dbname)
Where the db.conf is located under the src/main/resources folder. I package this as a jar and this jar is included as a library in the Play project. When I unit test this, it works fine but when running from within the Play server, I get to see to following:
20:41:10.216 [play-internal-execution-context-1] INFO play - Application started (Dev)
jar:file:/development/play-server/lib/server-core-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar!/db.conf
Config(SimpleConfigObject({}))
As it can be seen that the SimpleConfigObject is empty. Why is this?
Oh, I think I see. You are trying to load the resource from the jar as a file, but it isn't a file, it's a path in the jar. It works when you aren't packaged up as a jar because in that case it is a separate file.
Try ConfigFactory.parseResources("db.conf") or ConfigFactory.parseResourcesAnySyntax("db") perhaps.
More generic troubleshooting ideas for others who may have a problem like this:
-Dconfig.trace=loads when you launch the prod version and it may have some helpful output on stderr.jar xf and be sure it has the expected db.conf in the expected place.