Method _startJson

lib/API.js:898–1177

* Method to start/restart/reload processes from a JSON file * It will start app not started * Can receive only option to skip applications * * @private

(file, opts, action, pipe, cb)

   * @private
   */
  _startJson (file, opts, action, pipe, cb) {
    var config     = {};
    var appConf    = {};
    var staticConf = [];
    var deployConf = {};
    var apps_info  = [];
    var that = this;

    /**
     * Get File configuration
     */
    if (typeof(cb) === 'undefined' && typeof(pipe) === 'function') {
      cb = pipe;
    }
    if (typeof(file) === 'object') {
      config = file;
    } else if (pipe === 'pipe') {
      config = Common.parseConfig(file, 'pipe');
    } else {
      var data = null;

      var isAbsolute = path.isAbsolute(file)
      var file_path = isAbsolute ? file : path.join(that.cwd, file);

      debug('Resolved filepath %s', file_path);

      try {
        data = fs.readFileSync(file_path);
      } catch(e) {
        Common.printError(conf.PREFIX_MSG_ERR + 'File ' + file +' not found');
        return cb ? cb(Common.retErr(e)) : that.exitCli(conf.ERROR_EXIT);
      }

      try {
        config = Common.parseConfig(data, file);
      } catch(e) {
        Common.printError(conf.PREFIX_MSG_ERR + 'File ' + file + ' malformated');
        console.error(e);
        return cb ? cb(Common.retErr(e)) : that.exitCli(conf.ERROR_EXIT);
      }
    }

    /**
     * Alias some optional fields
     */
    if (config.deploy)
      deployConf = config.deploy;
    if (config.static)
      staticConf = config.static;
    if (config.apps)
      appConf = config.apps;
    else if (config.pm2)
      appConf = config.pm2;
    else
      appConf = config;
    if (!Array.isArray(appConf))
      appConf = [appConf];