# Parse environment variables to structs in Go

DevFeed: [Parse environment variables to structs in Go](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/parse-environment-variables-to-structs-in-go-37708.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://carlosbecker.com/posts/env-structs-golang/>)

Author: Carlos Alexandro Becker

Published: 2015-07-30T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Carlos Becker](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/carlos-becker.md>)

Topics: [Go Language](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/go-language.md>), [Environment Variables](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/environment-variables.md>), [function](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/function.md>), [opensource](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/opensource.md>)

Tags: [environment-variables](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/environment-variables.md>), [function](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/function.md>), [go](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/go.md>), [opensource](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/opensource.md>)

## AI overview

A short Go article explains reading environment variables, handling default values, and using a small open-source library to map those values into structs.

## Source excerpt

In Go, it's dead simple to get the value from an environment variable: