Configuration from external JSON file. Fixes #2

2 files changed, 30 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0903698..38e438d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ __pycache__
 /venv*
 build
 dist
+config.json
diff --git a/ql/settings.py b/ql/settings.py
index a975f14..df68ae3 100755
--- a/ql/settings.py
+++ b/ql/settings.py
@@ -1,12 +1,33 @@
+import json, sys

+

+def _fetch_settings(config_path, constant_config, default_config):

+    try:

+        config = constant_config.copy()

+        config.update(json.load(open(config_path)))

+        return config

+    except FileNotFoundError:

+        with open(config_path, 'w') as new_config:

+            json.dump(default_config, new_config)

+        print('Config file created, fill it up!')

+        sys.exit()

+    except ValueError:

+        print('Config file invalid, fix it!')

+        sys.exit(1)

+

 DATABASES = {

-    'default': {

-        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql',

-        'HOST': '127.0.0.1',

-        'PORT': '3306',

-        'USER': 'your-username',

-        'PASSWORD': 'your-password',

-        'NAME': 'your-database-name',

-    }

+    'default': _fetch_settings(

+        'config.json',

+        {

+            'ENGINE': 'mysql.connector.django'

+        },

+        {

+            'HOST': 'localhost',

+            'PORT': '3306',

+            'USER': 'root',

+            'PASSWORD': '',

+            'NAME': 'belongs_to_us'

+        }

+    )

 }

 

 INSTALLED_APPS = (