Settings.ts

'use strict';
/**
 * The Settings module reads the settings out of settings.json and provides
 * this information to the other modules
 *
 * TODO muxator 2020-04-14:
 *
 * 1) get rid of the reloadSettings() call at module loading;
 * 2) provide a factory method that configures the settings module at runtime,
 *    reading the file name either from command line parameters, from a function
 *    argument, or falling back to a default.
 */

/*
 * 2011 Peter 'Pita' Martischka (Primary Technology Ltd)
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS-IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */

import {MapArrayType} from "../types/MapType";
import {SettingsNode} from "./SettingsTree";

import * as absolutePaths from './AbsolutePaths';
import fs from 'node:fs';
import os from 'node:os';
import path from 'node:path';
import {argv} from './Cli'
import jsonminify from 'jsonminify';
import log4js from 'log4js';
import randomString from './randomstring';
const suppressDisableMsg = ' -- To suppress these warning messages change ' +
    'suppressErrorsInPadText to true in your settings.json\n';
import _ from 'underscore';

const logger = log4js.getLogger('settings');

// Exported values that settings.json and credentials.json cannot override.
const nonSettings = [
    'credentialsFilename',
    'settingsFilename',
];

// This is a function to make it easy to create a new instance. It is important to not reuse a
// config object after passing it to log4js.configure() because that method mutates the object. :(
const defaultLogConfig = (level: string, layoutType: string) => ({
    appenders: {console: {type: 'console', layout: {type: layoutType}}},
    categories: {
        default: {appenders: ['console'], level},
    }
});
const defaultLogLevel = 'INFO';
const defaultLogLayoutType = 'colored';

const initLogging = (config: any) => {
    // log4js.configure() modifies settings.logconfig so check for equality first.
    log4js.configure(config);
    log4js.getLogger('console');

    // Overwrites for console output methods
    console.debug = logger.debug.bind(logger);
    console.log = logger.info.bind(logger);
    console.warn = logger.warn.bind(logger);
    console.error = logger.error.bind(logger);
};

// Initialize logging as early as possible with reasonable defaults. Logging will be re-initialized
// with the user's chosen log level and logger config after the settings have been loaded.
initLogging(defaultLogConfig(defaultLogLevel, defaultLogLayoutType));

// Parse func



/**
 * - reads the JSON configuration file settingsFilename from disk
 * - strips the comments
 * - replaces environment variables calling lookupEnvironmentVariables()
 * - returns a parsed Javascript object
 *
 * The isSettings variable only controls the error logging.
 */
const parseSettings = (settingsFilename: string, isSettings: boolean) => {
  let settingsStr = '';

  let settingsType, notFoundMessage, notFoundFunction;

  if (isSettings) {
    settingsType = 'settings';
    notFoundMessage = 'Continuing using defaults!';
    notFoundFunction = logger.warn.bind(logger);
  } else {
    settingsType = 'credentials';
    notFoundMessage = 'Ignoring.';
    notFoundFunction = logger.info.bind(logger);
  }

  try {
    // read the settings file
    settingsStr = fs.readFileSync(settingsFilename).toString();
  } catch (e) {
    notFoundFunction(`No ${settingsType} file found in ${settingsFilename}. ${notFoundMessage}`);

    // or maybe undefined!
    return null;
  }

  try {
    settingsStr = jsonminify(settingsStr).replace(',]', ']').replace(',}', '}');

    const settings = JSON.parse(settingsStr);

    logger.info(`${settingsType} loaded from: ${settingsFilename}`);

    return lookupEnvironmentVariables(settings);
  } catch (e: any) {
    logger.error(`There was an error processing your ${settingsType} ` +
      `file from ${settingsFilename}: ${e.message}`);

    process.exit(1);
  }
};


// Provide git version if available
export const getGitCommit = () => {
  let version = '';
  try {
    let rootPath = absolutePaths.findEtherpadRoot();
    if (fs.lstatSync(`${rootPath}/.git`).isFile()) {
      rootPath = fs.readFileSync(`${rootPath}/.git`, 'utf8');
      rootPath = rootPath.split(' ').pop()?.trim() ?? '';
    } else {
      rootPath += '/.git';
    }
    const ref = fs.readFileSync(`${rootPath}/HEAD`, 'utf-8');
    if (ref.startsWith('ref: ')) {
      const refPath = `${rootPath}/${ref.substring(5, ref.indexOf('\n'))}`;
      version = fs.readFileSync(refPath, 'utf-8');
    } else {
      version = ref;
    }
    version = version.substring(0, 7);
  } catch (e: any) {
    logger.warn(`Can't get git version for server header\n${e.message}`);
  }
  return version;
};

export type SettingsType = {
  root: string,
  settingsFilename: string,
  credentialsFilename: string,
  title: string,
  showRecentPads: boolean,
  favicon: string | null,
  ttl: {
    AccessToken: number,
    AuthorizationCode: number,
    ClientCredentials: number,
    IdToken: number,
    RefreshToken: number,
  },
  updateServer: string,
  enableDarkMode: boolean,
  enablePadWideSettings: boolean,
  skinName: string | null,
  skinVariants: string,
  ip: string,
  port: number | string,
  suppressErrorsInPadText: boolean,
  ssl: false |  {
    key: string,
    cert: string,
    ca: string | null,
  },
  socketTransportProtocols:  any[],
  socketIo: {
    maxHttpBufferSize: number,
  },
  authenticationMethod: string,
  dbType: string,
  dbSettings: any,
  defaultPadText: string,
  padOptions: {
    noColors: boolean,
    showControls: boolean,
    showChat: boolean,
    showLineNumbers: boolean,
    useMonospaceFont: boolean,
    userName: string | null,
    userColor: string | null,
    rtl: boolean,
    alwaysShowChat: boolean,
    chatAndUsers: boolean,
    lang: string | null,
  },
  enableMetrics: boolean,
  padShortcutEnabled: {
    altF9: boolean,
    altC: boolean,
    delete: boolean,
    cmdShift2: boolean,
    return: boolean,
    esc: boolean,
    cmdS: boolean,
    tab: boolean,
    cmdZ: boolean,
    cmdY: boolean,
    cmdB: boolean,
    cmdI: boolean,
    cmdU: boolean,
    cmd5: boolean,
    cmdShiftL: boolean,
    cmdShiftN: boolean,
    cmdShift1: boolean,
    cmdShiftC: boolean,
    cmdShiftD: boolean,
    cmdShiftK: boolean,
    cmdH: boolean,
    ctrlHome: boolean,
    pageUp: boolean,
    pageDown: boolean,
  },
  toolbar: {
    left: string[][],
    right: string[][],
    timeslider: string[][],
  },
  requireSession: boolean,
  editOnly: boolean,
  maxAge: number,
  minify: boolean,
  soffice: string | null,
  docxExport: boolean,
  allowUnknownFileEnds: boolean,
  loglevel: string,
  logLayoutType: string,
  disableIPlogging: boolean,
  automaticReconnectionTimeout: number,
  loadTest: boolean,
  dumpOnUncleanExit: boolean,
  indentationOnNewLine: boolean,
  logconfig: any | null,
  sessionKey: string | null,
  trustProxy: boolean,
  cookie: {
    keyRotationInterval: number,
    prefix: string,
    sameSite: boolean | "lax" | "strict" | "none" | undefined,
    sessionLifetime: number,
    sessionCleanup: boolean,
    sessionRefreshInterval: number,
  },
  requireAuthentication: boolean,
  requireAuthorization: boolean,
  users: Record<string, any>,
  sso: {
    issuer: string,
    clients?: {client_id: string}[]
  },
  showSettingsInAdminPage: boolean,
  cleanup: {
    enabled: boolean,
    keepRevisions: number,
  },
  scrollWhenFocusLineIsOutOfViewport: {
    percentage: {
      editionAboveViewport: number,
      editionBelowViewport: number,
    },
    duration: number,
    percentageToScrollWhenUserPressesArrowUp: number,
    scrollWhenCaretIsInTheLastLineOfViewport: boolean,
  },
  exposeVersion: boolean,
  customLocaleStrings: Record<string, string>,
  importExportRateLimiting: {
    windowMs?: number,
    max: number,
  },
  commitRateLimiting: {
    duration: number,
    points: number,
  },
  importMaxFileSize: number,
  enableAdminUITests: boolean,
  lowerCasePadIds: boolean,
  randomVersionString: string,
  gitVersion: string
  getPublicSettings: () => Pick<SettingsType, "title" | "skinVariants"|"randomVersionString"|"skinName"|"toolbar"| "exposeVersion"| "gitVersion" | "enablePadWideSettings">,
}

const settings: SettingsType = {
  /* Root path of the installation */
  root: absolutePaths.findEtherpadRoot(),
  settingsFilename: absolutePaths.makeAbsolute(argv.settings || 'settings.json'),
  credentialsFilename: absolutePaths.makeAbsolute(argv.credentials || 'credentials.json'),
  /**
   * The app title, visible e.g. in the browser window
   */
  title: 'Etherpad',

  /**
   * Whether to show recent pads on the homepage
   */
  showRecentPads: true,

  /**
   * Pathname of the favicon you want to use. If null, the skin's favicon is
   * used if one is provided by the skin, otherwise the default Etherpad favicon
   * is used. If this is a relative path it is interpreted as relative to the
   * Etherpad root directory.
   */
  favicon: null,
  ttl: {
    AccessToken: 1 * 60 * 60, // 1 hour in seconds
    AuthorizationCode: 10 * 60, // 10 minutes in seconds
    ClientCredentials: 1 * 60 * 60, // 1 hour in seconds
    IdToken: 1 * 60 * 60, // 1 hour in seconds
    RefreshToken: 1 * 24 * 60 * 60, // 1 day in seconds
  },
  updateServer: "https://static.etherpad.org",
  enableDarkMode: true,
  enablePadWideSettings: false,
  /*
 * Skin name.
 *
 * Initialized to null, so we can spot an old configuration file and invite the
 * user to update it before falling back to the default.
 */
  skinName: null,
  skinVariants: 'super-light-toolbar super-light-editor light-background',
  /**
   * The IP ep-lite should listen to
   */
  ip: '0.0.0.0',
  /**
   * The Port ep-lite should listen to
   */
  port: process.env.PORT || 9001,
  /**
   * Should we suppress Error messages from being in Pad Contents
   */
  suppressErrorsInPadText: false,
  /**
   * The SSL signed server key and the Certificate Authority's own certificate
   * default case: ep-lite does *not* use SSL. A signed server key is not required in this case.
   */
  ssl: false,
  /**
   * socket.io transport methods
   **/
  socketTransportProtocols: ['websocket', 'polling'],
  socketIo: {
    /**
     * Maximum permitted client message size (in bytes).
     *
     * All messages from clients that are larger than this will be rejected. Large values make it
     * possible to paste large amounts of text, and plugins may require a larger value to work
     * properly, but increasing the value increases susceptibility to denial of service attacks
     * (malicious clients can exhaust memory).
     */
    maxHttpBufferSize: 1000000,
  },
  /*
  The authentication method used by the server.
  The default value is sso
  If you want to use the old authentication system, change this to apikey
 */
  authenticationMethod: 'sso',
  /*
 * The Type of the database
 */
  dbType: 'rustydb',
  /**
   * This setting is passed with dbType to ueberDB to set up the database
   */
  dbSettings: null,
  /**
   * The default Text of a new pad
   */
  defaultPadText: [
    'Welcome to Etherpad!',
    '',
    'This pad text is synchronized as you type, so that everyone viewing this page sees the same ' +
    'text. This allows you to collaborate seamlessly on documents!',
    '',
    'Etherpad on Github: https://github.com/ether/etherpad-lite',
  ].join('\n'),
  /**
   * The default Pad Settings for a user (Can be overridden by changing the setting
   */
  padOptions: {
    noColors: false,
    showControls: true,
    showChat: true,
    showLineNumbers: true,
    useMonospaceFont: false,
    userName: null,
    userColor: null,
    rtl: false,
    alwaysShowChat: false,
    chatAndUsers: false,
    lang: null,
  },
  /**
   * Wether to enable the /stats endpoint. The functionality in the admin menu is untouched for this.
   */
  enableMetrics: true,
  /**
   * Whether certain shortcut keys are enabled for a user in the pad
   */
  padShortcutEnabled: {
    altF9: true,
    altC: true,
    delete: true,
    cmdShift2: true,
    return: true,
    esc: true,
    cmdS: true,
    tab: true,
    cmdZ: true,
    cmdY: true,
    cmdB: true,
    cmdI: true,
    cmdU: true,
    cmd5: true,
    cmdShiftL: true,
    cmdShiftN: true,
    cmdShift1: true,
    cmdShiftC: true,
    cmdShiftD: true, // duplicate current line(s) — issue #6433
    cmdShiftK: true, // delete current line(s) — issue #6433
    cmdH: true,
    ctrlHome: true,
    pageUp: true,
    pageDown: true,
  },
  /**
   * The toolbar buttons and order.
   */
  toolbar: {
    left: [
      ['bold', 'italic', 'underline', 'strikethrough'],
      ['orderedlist', 'unorderedlist', 'indent', 'outdent'],
      ['undo', 'redo'],
      ['clearauthorship'],
    ],
    right: [
      ['importexport', 'timeslider', 'savedrevision'],
      ['settings', 'embed', 'home'],
      ['showusers'],
    ],
    timeslider: [
      ['timeslider_export', 'timeslider_settings', 'timeslider_returnToPad'],
    ],
  },
  /**
   * A flag that requires any user to have a valid session (via the api) before accessing a pad
   */
  requireSession: false,
  /**
   * A flag that prevents users from creating new pads
   */
  editOnly: false,
  /**
   * Max age that responses will have (affects caching layer).
   */
  maxAge: 1000 * 60 * 60 * 6, // 6 hours
  /**
   * A flag that shows if minification is enabled or not
   */
  minify: true,
  /**
   * The path of the libreoffice executable
   */
  soffice: null,
  /**
   * When true, the "Microsoft Word" export button downloads a .docx file (requires soffice).
   * Set to false to revert to legacy .doc output.
   */
  docxExport: true,
  /**
   * Should we support none natively supported file types on import?
   */
  allowUnknownFileEnds: true,
  /**
   * The log level of log4js
   */
  loglevel: defaultLogLevel,
  /**
   * The log layout type of log4js
   */
  logLayoutType: defaultLogLayoutType,
  /**
   * Disable IP logging
   */
  disableIPlogging: false,
  /**
   * Number of seconds to automatically reconnect pad
   */
  automaticReconnectionTimeout: 0,
  /**
   * Disable Load Testing
   */
  loadTest: false,
  /**
   * Disable dump of objects preventing a clean exit
   */
  dumpOnUncleanExit: false,
  /**
   * Enable indentation on new lines
   */
  indentationOnNewLine: true,
  /*
 * log4js appender configuration
 */
  logconfig: null,
  /*
 * Deprecated cookie signing key.
 */
  sessionKey: null,
  /*
 * Trust Proxy, whether or not trust the x-forwarded-for header.
 */
  trustProxy: false,
  /*
 * Settings controlling the session cookie issued by Etherpad.
 */
  cookie: {
    keyRotationInterval: 1 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000,
    prefix: '',
    sameSite: 'lax',
    sessionLifetime: 10 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000,
    sessionCleanup: true,
    sessionRefreshInterval: 1 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000,
  },
  /*
 * This setting is used if you need authentication and/or
 * authorization. Note: /admin always requires authentication, and
 * either authorization by a module, or a user with is_admin set
 */
  requireAuthentication: false,
  requireAuthorization: false,
  users: {},
  /*
 * This setting is used for configuring sso
 */
  sso: {
    issuer: "http://localhost:9001"
  },
  /*
 * Show settings in admin page, by default it is true
 */
  showSettingsInAdminPage: true,
  /*
 * Settings for cleanup of pads
 */
  cleanup: {
    enabled: false,
    keepRevisions: 100,
  },
  /*
 * By default, when caret is moved out of viewport, it scrolls the minimum
 * height needed to make this line visible.
 */
  scrollWhenFocusLineIsOutOfViewport: {
    /*
    * Percentage of viewport height to be additionally scrolled.
    */
    percentage: {
      editionAboveViewport: 0,
      editionBelowViewport: 0,
    },
    /*
   * Time (in milliseconds) used to animate the scroll transition. Set to 0 to
   * disable animation
   */
    duration: 0,
    /*
     * Percentage of viewport height to be additionally scrolled when user presses arrow up
     * in the line of the top of the viewport.
     */
    percentageToScrollWhenUserPressesArrowUp: 0,
    /*
    * Flag to control if it should scroll when user places the caret in the last
    * line of the viewport
    */
    scrollWhenCaretIsInTheLastLineOfViewport: false,
  },
  /*
 * Expose Etherpad version in the web interface and in the Server http header.
 *
 * Do not enable on production machines.
 */
  exposeVersion: false,
  /*
 * Override any strings found in locale directories
 */
  customLocaleStrings: {},
  /*
 * From Etherpad 1.8.3 onwards, import and export of pads is always rate
 * limited.
 *
 * The default is to allow at most 10 requests per IP in a 90 seconds window.
 * After that the import/export request is rejected.
 *
 * See https://github.com/nfriedly/express-rate-limit for more options
 */
  importExportRateLimiting: {
    // duration of the rate limit window (milliseconds)
    windowMs: 90000,
    // maximum number of requests per IP to allow during the rate limit window
    max: 10,
  },
  /*
 * From Etherpad 1.9.0 onwards, commits from individual users are rate limited
 *
 * The default is to allow at most 10 changes per IP in a 1 second window.
 * After that the change is rejected.
 *
 * See https://github.com/animir/node-rate-limiter-flexible/wiki/Overall-example#websocket-single-connection-prevent-flooding for more options
 */
  commitRateLimiting: {
    // duration of the rate limit window (seconds)
    duration: 1,
    // maximum number of changes per IP to allow during the rate limit window
    points: 10,
  },
  /*
 * From Etherpad 1.8.3 onwards, the maximum allowed size for a single imported
 * file is always bounded.
 *
 * File size is specified in bytes. Default is 50 MB.
 */
  importMaxFileSize: 50 * 1024 * 1024,
  /*
 * Disable Admin UI tests
 */
  enableAdminUITests: false,
  /*
 * Enable auto conversion of pad Ids to lowercase.
 * e.g. /p/EtHeRpAd to /p/etherpad
 */
  lowerCasePadIds: false,
  randomVersionString: '2123',
  getPublicSettings: () => {
    return {
      gitVersion: settings.gitVersion,
      toolbar: settings.toolbar,
      exposeVersion: settings.exposeVersion,
      randomVersionString: settings.randomVersionString,
      title: settings.title,
      skinName: settings.skinName,
      skinVariants: settings.skinVariants,
      enablePadWideSettings: settings.enablePadWideSettings,
    }
  },
  gitVersion: getGitCommit(),
}

export default settings;
// CJS compatibility: plugins use require('ep_etherpad-lite/node/utils/Settings')
// and expect settings properties directly on the module object, not under .default
if (typeof module !== 'undefined' && module.exports) {
  const currentExports = module.exports;
  for (const key of Object.keys(settings)) {
    if (!(key in currentExports)) {
      Object.defineProperty(currentExports, key, {
        get: () => (settings as any)[key],
        set: (v: any) => { (settings as any)[key] = v; },
        enumerable: true,
        configurable: true,
      });
    }
  }
}

/**
 * This setting is passed with dbType to ueberDB to set up the database
 */
settings.dbSettings =  {filename: path.join(settings.root, 'var/rusty.db')};
// END OF SETTINGS

export const sofficeAvailable = () => {
    if (settings.soffice != null) {
        return os.type().indexOf('Windows') !== -1 ? 'withoutPDF' : 'yes';
    } else {
        return 'no';
    }
};

export const exportAvailable = () => sofficeAvailable();


// Return etherpad version from package.json
export const getEpVersion = () => require('../../package.json').version;



/**
 * Receives a settingsObj and, if the property name is a valid configuration
 * item, stores it in the module's exported properties via a side effect.
 *
 * This code refactors a previous version that copied & pasted the same code for
 * both "settings.json" and "credentials.json".
 */
const storeSettings = (settingsObj: any) => {
    for (const i of Object.keys(settingsObj || {})) {
        if (nonSettings.includes(i)) {
            logger.warn(`Ignoring setting: '${i}'`);
            continue;
        }

        // test if the setting starts with a lowercase character
        if (i.charAt(0).search('[a-z]') !== 0) {
            logger.warn(`Settings should start with a lowercase character: '${i}'`);
        }

        // we know this setting, so we overwrite it
        // or it's a settings hash, specific to a plugin
        // @ts-ignore
      if (settings[i] !== undefined || i.indexOf('ep_') === 0) {
            if (_.isObject(settingsObj[i]) && !Array.isArray(settingsObj[i])) {
              // @ts-ignore
              settings[i] = _.defaults(settingsObj[i], settings[i]);
            } else {
              // @ts-ignore
              settings[i] = settingsObj[i];
            }
        } else {
            // this setting is unknown, output a warning and throw it away
            logger.warn(`Unknown Setting: '${i}'. This setting doesn't exist or it was removed`);
        }
    }
};

/*
 * If stringValue is a numeric string, or its value is "true" or "false", coerce
 * them to appropriate JS types. Otherwise return stringValue as-is.
 *
 * Please note that this function is used for converting types for default
 * values in the settings file (for example: "${PORT:9001}"), and that there is
 * no coercition for "null" values.
 *
 * If the user wants a variable to be null by default, he'll have to use the
 * short syntax "${SOFFICE}", and not "${SOFFICE:null}": the latter would result
 * in the literal string "null", instead.
 */
const coerceValue = (stringValue: string) => {
    // cooked from https://stackoverflow.com/questions/175739/built-in-way-in-javascript-to-check-if-a-string-is-a-valid-number
    // @ts-ignore
    const isNumeric = !isNaN(stringValue) && !isNaN(parseFloat(stringValue) && isFinite(stringValue));

    if (isNumeric) {
        // detected numeric string. Coerce to a number

        return +stringValue;
    }

    switch (stringValue) {
        case 'true':
            return true;
        case 'false':
            return false;
        case 'undefined':
            return undefined;
        case 'null':
            return null;
        default:
            return stringValue;
    }
};

/**
 * Takes a javascript object containing Etherpad's configuration, and returns
 * another object, in which all the string properties whose value is of the form
 * "${ENV_VAR}" or "${ENV_VAR:default_value}" got their value replaced with the
 * contents of the given environment variable, or with a default value.
 *
 * By definition, an environment variable's value is always a string. However,
 * the code base makes use of the various json types. To maintain compatiblity,
 * some heuristics is applied:
 *
 * - if ENV_VAR does not exist in the environment, null is returned;
 * - if ENV_VAR's value is "true" or "false", it is converted to the js boolean
 *   values true or false;
 * - if ENV_VAR's value looks like a number, it is converted to a js number
 *   (details in the code).
 *
 * The following is a scheme of the behaviour of this function:
 *
 * +---------------------------+---------------+------------------+
 * | Configuration string in   | Value of      | Resulting confi- |
 * | settings.json             | ENV_VAR       | guration value   |
 * |---------------------------|---------------|------------------|
 * | "${ENV_VAR}"              | "some_string" | "some_string"    |
 * | "${ENV_VAR}"              | "9001"        | 9001             |
 * | "${ENV_VAR}"              | undefined     | null             |
 * | "${ENV_VAR:some_default}" | "some_string" | "some_string"    |
 * | "${ENV_VAR:some_default}" | undefined     | "some_default"   |
 * +---------------------------+---------------+------------------+
 *
 * IMPLEMENTATION NOTE: variable substitution is performed doing a round trip
 *     conversion to/from json, using a custom replacer parameter in
 *     JSON.stringify(), and parsing the JSON back again. This ensures that
 *     environment variable replacement is performed even on nested objects.
 *
 * see: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/JSON/stringify#The_replacer_parameter
 */
const lookupEnvironmentVariables = (obj: MapArrayType<any>) => {
    const replaceEnvs = (obj: MapArrayType<any>) => {
        for (let [key, value] of Object.entries(obj)) {
            /*
            * the first invocation of replacer() is with an empty key. Just go on, or
            * we would zap the entire object.
            */
            if (key === '') {
                obj[key] = value;
                continue
            }

            /*
             * If we received from the configuration file a number, a boolean or
             * something that is not a string, we can be sure that it was a literal
             * value. No need to perform any variable substitution.
             *
             * The environment variable expansion syntax "${ENV_VAR}" is just a string
             * of specific form, after all.
             */

            if(key === 'undefined' || value === undefined) {
                delete obj[key]
                continue
            }

            if ((typeof value !== 'string' && typeof value !== 'object') || value === null) {
                obj[key] = value;
                continue
            }

            if (typeof obj[key] === "object") {
                replaceEnvs(obj[key]);
                continue
            }


            /*
             * Let's check if the string value looks like a variable expansion (e.g.:
             * "${ENV_VAR}" or "${ENV_VAR:default_value}")
             */
            // MUXATOR 2019-03-21: we could use named capture groups here once we migrate to nodejs v10
            const match = value.match(/^\$\{([^:]*)(:((.|\n)*))?\}$/);

            if (match == null) {
                // no match: use the value literally, without any substitution
                obj[key] = value;
                continue
            }

            /*
             * We found the name of an environment variable. Let's read its actual value
             * and its default value, if given
             */
            const envVarName = match[1];
            const envVarValue = process.env[envVarName];
            const defaultValue = match[3];

            if ((envVarValue === undefined) && (defaultValue === undefined)) {
                logger.warn(`Environment variable "${envVarName}" does not contain any value for ` +
                    `configuration key "${key}", and no default was given. Using null. ` +
                    'THIS BEHAVIOR MAY CHANGE IN A FUTURE VERSION OF ETHERPAD; you should ' +
                    'explicitly use "null" as the default if you want to continue to use null.');

                /*
                 * We have to return null, because if we just returned undefined, the
                 * configuration item "key" would be stripped from the returned object.
                 */
                obj[key] = null;
                continue
            }

            if ((envVarValue === undefined) && (defaultValue !== undefined)) {
                logger.debug(`Environment variable "${envVarName}" not found for ` +
                    `configuration key "${key}". Falling back to default value.`);

                obj[key] = coerceValue(defaultValue);
                continue
            }

            // envVarName contained some value.

            /*
             * For numeric and boolean strings let's convert it to proper types before
             * returning it, in order to maintain backward compatibility.
             */
            logger.debug(
                `Configuration key "${key}" will be read from environment variable "${envVarName}"`);

            obj[key] = coerceValue(envVarValue!);
        }
        return obj
    }

    replaceEnvs(obj);

    // Add plugin ENV variables

    /**
     * If the key contains a double underscore, it's a plugin variable
     * E.g.
     */
    let treeEntries = new Map<string, string | undefined>
    const root = new SettingsNode("EP")

    for (let [env, envVal] of Object.entries(process.env)) {
        if (!env.startsWith("EP")) continue
        treeEntries.set(env, envVal)
    }
    treeEntries.forEach((value, key) => {
        let pathToKey = key.split("__")
        let currentNode = root
        let depth = 0
        depth++
        currentNode.addChild(pathToKey, value!)
    })

    //console.log(root.collectFromLeafsUpwards())
    const rooting = root.collectFromLeafsUpwards()
    obj = Object.assign(obj, rooting)
    return obj;
};



export const reloadSettings = () => {
    const settingsParsed = parseSettings(settings?.settingsFilename, true);
    const credentials = parseSettings(settings.credentialsFilename, false);
    storeSettings(settingsParsed);
    storeSettings(credentials);

    // Emit a clear migration warning when the deprecated abiword setting is detected.
    if (settingsParsed && (settingsParsed as any).abiword != null) {
        logger.warn(
            'The "abiword" setting is no longer supported and has been ignored. ' +
            'Abiword import/export support has been removed. ' +
            'Please install LibreOffice and set "soffice" to its executable path instead.'
        );
    }

    // Init logging config
    settings.logconfig = defaultLogConfig(
      settings.loglevel ? settings.loglevel : defaultLogLevel,
      settings.logLayoutType ? settings.logLayoutType : defaultLogLayoutType
    );
    logger.warn("loglevel: " + settings.loglevel);
    logger.warn("logLayoutType: " + settings.logLayoutType);
    initLogging(settings.logconfig);

    if (!settings.skinName) {
        logger.warn('No "skinName" parameter found. Please check out settings.json.template and ' +
            'update your settings.json. Falling back to the default "colibris".');
      settings.skinName = 'colibris';
    }

    if (!settings.socketTransportProtocols.includes("websocket") || !settings.socketTransportProtocols.includes("polling")) {
        logger.warn("Invalid socketTransportProtocols setting. Please check out settings.json.template and update your settings.json. Falling back to the default ['websocket', 'polling'].");
      settings.socketTransportProtocols = ['websocket', 'polling'];
    }

    // checks if skinName has an acceptable value, otherwise falls back to "colibris"
    if (settings.skinName) {
        const skinBasePath = path.join(settings.root, 'src', 'static', 'skins');
        const countPieces = settings.skinName.split(path.sep).length;

        if (countPieces !== 1) {
            logger.error(`skinName must be the name of a directory under "${skinBasePath}". This is ` +
                `not valid: "${settings.skinName}". Falling back to the default "colibris".`);

          settings.skinName = 'colibris';
        }

        // informative variable, just for the log messages
        let skinPath = path.join(skinBasePath, settings.skinName);

        // what if someone sets skinName == ".." or "."? We catch him!
        if (!absolutePaths.isSubdir(skinBasePath, skinPath)) {
            logger.error(`Skin path ${skinPath} must be a subdirectory of ${skinBasePath}. ` +
                'Falling back to the default "colibris".');

          settings.skinName = 'colibris';
            skinPath = path.join(skinBasePath, settings.skinName);
        }

        if (!fs.existsSync(skinPath)) {
            logger.error(`Skin path ${skinPath} does not exist. Falling back to the default "colibris".`);
          settings.skinName = 'colibris';
            skinPath = path.join(skinBasePath, settings.skinName);
        }

        logger.info(`Using skin "${settings.skinName}" in dir: ${skinPath}`);
    }

    if (settings.soffice) {
        fs.exists(settings.soffice, (exists: boolean) => {
            if (!exists) {
                const sofficeError =
                    'soffice (libreoffice) does not exist at this path, check your settings file.';

                if (!settings.suppressErrorsInPadText) {
                  settings.defaultPadText += `\nError: ${sofficeError}${suppressDisableMsg}`;
                }
                logger.error(`${sofficeError} File location: ${settings.soffice}`);
              settings.soffice = null;
            }
        });
    }

    const sessionkeyFilename = absolutePaths.makeAbsolute(argv.sessionkey || './SESSIONKEY.txt');
    if (!settings.sessionKey) {
        try {
          settings.sessionKey = fs.readFileSync(sessionkeyFilename, 'utf8');
            logger.info(`Session key loaded from: ${sessionkeyFilename}`);
        } catch (err) { /* ignored */
        }
        const keyRotationEnabled = settings.cookie.keyRotationInterval && settings.cookie.sessionLifetime;
        if (!settings.sessionKey && !keyRotationEnabled) {
            logger.info(
                `Session key file "${sessionkeyFilename}" not found. Creating with random contents.`);
          settings.sessionKey = randomString(32);
            fs.writeFileSync(sessionkeyFilename, settings.sessionKey, 'utf8');
        }
    } else {
        logger.warn('Declaring the sessionKey in the settings.json is deprecated. ' +
            'This value is auto-generated now. Please remove the setting from the file. -- ' +
            'If you are seeing this error after restarting using the Admin User ' +
            'Interface then you can ignore this message.');
    }
    if (settings.sessionKey) {
        logger.warn(`The sessionKey setting and ${sessionkeyFilename} file are deprecated; ` +
            'use automatic key rotation instead (see the cookie.keyRotationInterval setting).');
    }

    // Validate cookie prefix to prevent header injection via cookie names
    if (settings.cookie.prefix && !/^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]*$/.test(settings.cookie.prefix)) {
      logger.error(`cookie.prefix "${settings.cookie.prefix}" contains invalid characters. ` +
          'Only alphanumeric characters, hyphens, and underscores are allowed. Using empty prefix.');
      settings.cookie.prefix = '';
    }

    if (settings.dbType === 'dirty') {
        const dirtyWarning = 'DirtyDB is used. This is not recommended for production.';
        if (!settings.suppressErrorsInPadText) {
          settings.defaultPadText += `\nWarning: ${dirtyWarning}${suppressDisableMsg}`;
        }

      settings.dbSettings.filename = absolutePaths.makeAbsolute(settings.dbSettings.filename);
        logger.warn(`${dirtyWarning} File location: ${settings.dbSettings.filename}`);
    }

    if (settings.dbType === 'rustydb' || settings.dbType === "sqlite") {
      settings.dbSettings.filename = absolutePaths.makeAbsolute(settings.dbSettings.filename);
      logger.warn(`File location: ${settings.dbSettings.filename}`);
    }


    if (settings.ip === '') {
        // using Unix socket for connectivity
        logger.warn('The settings file contains an empty string ("") for the "ip" parameter. The ' +
            '"port" parameter will be interpreted as the path to a Unix socket to bind at.');
    }

    /*
     * At each start, Etherpad generates a random string and appends it as query
     * parameter to the URLs of the static assets, in order to force their reload.
     * Subsequent requests will be cached, as long as the server is not reloaded.
     *
     * For the rationale behind this choice, see
     * https://github.com/ether/etherpad-lite/pull/3958
     *
     * ACHTUNG: this may prevent caching HTTP proxies to work
     * TODO: remove the "?v=randomstring" parameter, and replace with hashed filenames instead
     */
    settings.randomVersionString = randomString(4);
    logger.info(`Random string used for versioning assets: ${settings.randomVersionString}`);
};

export const exportedForTestingOnly = {
    parseSettings,
};

// initially load settings
reloadSettings();