More work related to #219

Stop using type=boolean for args via cli since they force the default value false. Rather, use the default-setting code in config.js for both cli args and env vars.

Also add some additional logging to help debugging issues like this in the future

app/config.js

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+var debug = require("debug");
+var debugLog = debug("btcexp:config");
+
 var fs = require('fs');
 var crypto = require('crypto');
 var url = require('url');
@@ -33,15 +36,33 @@ for (var i = 0; i < electrumXServerUriStrings.length; i++) {
 	electrumXServers.push({protocol:uri.protocol.substring(0, uri.protocol.length - 1), host:uri.hostname, port:parseInt(uri.port)});
 }
 
-["BTCEXP_DEMO", "BTCEXP_PRIVACY_MODE", "BTCEXP_NO_INMEMORY_RPC_CACHE"].forEach(function(item) {
+// default=false env vars
+[
+	"BTCEXP_DEMO",
+	"BTCEXP_PRIVACY_MODE",
+	"BTCEXP_NO_INMEMORY_RPC_CACHE",
+	"BTCEXP_RPC_ALLOWALL"
+
+].forEach(function(item) {
 	if (process.env[item] === undefined) {
 		process.env[item] = "false";
+
+		debugLog(`Config(default): ${item}=false`)
 	}
 });
 
-["BTCEXP_NO_RATES", "BTCEXP_UI_SHOW_TOOLS_SUBHEADER", "BTCEXP_SLOW_DEVICE_MODE"].forEach(function(item) {
+
+// default=true env vars
+[
+	"BTCEXP_NO_RATES",
+	"BTCEXP_UI_SHOW_TOOLS_SUBHEADER",
+	"BTCEXP_SLOW_DEVICE_MODE"
+
+].forEach(function(item) {
 	if (process.env[item] === undefined) {
 		process.env[item] = "true";
+
+		debugLog(`Config(default): ${item}=true`)
 	}
 });
 
@@ -59,7 +80,7 @@ module.exports = {
 	rpcConcurrency: (process.env.BTCEXP_RPC_CONCURRENCY || 10),
 
 	rpcBlacklist:
-	  process.env.BTCEXP_RPC_ALLOWALL  ? []
+	  process.env.BTCEXP_RPC_ALLOWALL.toLowerCase() == "true"  ? []
 	: process.env.BTCEXP_RPC_BLACKLIST ? process.env.BTCEXP_RPC_BLACKLIST.split(',').filter(Boolean)
 	: [
 		"addnode",
@@ -206,3 +227,8 @@ module.exports = {
 		}
 	}
 };
+
+debugLog(`Config(final): privacyMode=${module.exports.privacyMode}`);
+debugLog(`Config(final): slowDeviceMode=${module.exports.slowDeviceMode}`);
+debugLog(`Config(final): demo=${module.exports.demoSite}`);
+debugLog(`Config(final): rpcAllowAll=${module.exports.rpcBlacklist.length == 0}`);

bin/cli.js

@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
 
+var debug = require("debug");
+var debugLog = debug("btcexp:config");
+
+// to debug arg settings, enable the below line:
+//debug.enable("btcexp:*");
+
 const args = require('meow')(`
 	Usage
 	  $ btc-rpc-explorer [options]
@@ -60,29 +66,27 @@ const args = require('meow')(`
 			bitcoindCookie: {alias:'c'},
 			bitcoindUser: {alias:'u'},
 			bitcoindPass: {alias:'w'},
-			demo: {type:'boolean'},
+			demo: {},
-			rpcAllowall: {type:'boolean'},
+			rpcAllowall: {},
 			electrumxServers: {alias:'E'},
 			nodeEnv: {alias:'e', default:'production'},
-			privacyMode: {type:'boolean'},
+			privacyMode: {},
-			slowDeviceMode: {type:'boolean'}
+			slowDeviceMode: {}
 		}
 	}
 ).flags;
 
 const envify = k => k.replace(/([A-Z])/g, '_$1').toUpperCase();
 
-var defaultTrueWithoutNoPrefixVars = [ "SLOW_DEVICE_MODE" ];
-
 Object.keys(args).filter(k => k.length > 1).forEach(k => {
 	if (args[k] === false) {
-		if (defaultTrueWithoutNoPrefixVars.includes(envify(k))) {
+		debugLog(`Config(arg): BTCEXP_NO_${envify(k)}=true`);
-			process.env[`BTCEXP_${envify(k)}`] = false;
+
+		process.env[`BTCEXP_NO_${envify(k)}`] = true;
 
-		} else {
-			process.env[`BTCEXP_NO_${envify(k)}`] = true;
-		}
 	} else {
+		debugLog(`Config(arg): BTCEXP_${envify(k)}=${args[k]}`);
+
 		process.env[`BTCEXP_${envify(k)}`] = args[k];
 	}
 });