As described in Cordova config preferences section - you can change plugin options in the Cordova's config.xml file.

But what if you want to change it on the build phase through the command line? For that purpose you can use chcpbuild.options file.

It must be placed in the root directory of your Cordova project. In it you specify (in JSON) all the preferences you want to add/change in the resulting config.xml file. The original config.xml (in the projects root directory) is not touсhed, we modify the platform-specific one on after_prepare phase.

Lets say, that your Cordova project is located in the /Cordova/TestProject folder. Base config.xml file (/Cordova/TestProject/config.xml) has the following preferences:

<chcp>
  <config-file url="https://company_server.com/mobile/www/chcp.json" />
</chcp>

Now we create chcpbuild.options file inside /Cordova/Testproject/ and put in it the following content:

{
  "dev": {
    "config-file": "https://dev.company_server.com/mobile/www/chcp.json"
  },
  "production": {
    "config-file": "https://company_server.com/mobile/www/chcp.json"
  },
  "QA": {
    "config-file": "https://test.company_server.com/mobile/www/chcp.json"
  }
}

In order to build the app, configured to work with development server, we can run command:

cordova build -- chcp-dev

As a result, platform-specific config.xml file (for example, /Cordova/TestProject/platforms/android/res/xml/config.xml) will have:

<chcp>
  <config-file url="https://dev.company_server.com/mobile/www/chcp.json"/>
</chcp>

As you might notice - in console we prefixed build option name with the chcp-. This is required, so the plugin would know, that this option is for him. Also, it prevents conflicts between different plugins/hooks you already have.

When application is ready for testing - we can build it, configured to work with test server:

cordova build -- chcp-QA

And the plugin-specific config.xml will become:

<chcp>
  <config-file url="https://test.company_server.com/mobile/www/chcp.json"/>
</chcp>

When we are ready to release new version on the store (Google Play, App Store) - we build, as usual, with command:

cordova build --release

In that case config.xml is not modified.

If chcpbuild.options not used - plugin will use preferences from the project's main config.xml.

"config-file": "https://url/to/your/chcp.json"

or

"config-file": {
    "url": "https://url/to/your/chcp.json"
}

"auto-download": {
    "enabled": false
}

"auto-install": {
    "enabled": false
}

"native-interface": {
    "version": 5
}