Changeset 9:69d5a3b74c6a in mailjam for postman/config.py

Timestamp:

May 19, 2012, 10:14:00 AM (13 years ago)

Author:

Francisco de Borja Lopez Rio <borja@…>

Branch:

default

Phase:

public

Message:

Added a new method to the config module that parses the configuration file and returns configuration parameters. Modified the daemon.Postman and daemon.PostmanDaemon so they load their configs from the config file

File:

• postman/config.py (modified) (1 diff)

postman/config.py

@@ -2 +2 @@
 
 import os
+from ConfigParser import SafeConfigParser
+
+def get_config_parameters(section=None, configfile=None):
+    if not configfile:
+        # If there is no config file defined, try with the usual places
+        # for config files, if there is no config file there, try to load
+        # the one provided with postman sources
+        default_paths = ['/usr/local/etc/postman/postman.conf',
+                         '/usr/local/etc/postman.conf',
+                         '/etc/postman/postman.conf',
+                         '/etc/postman.conf',
+                         os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__),
+                                      '../conf/postman.conf')]
+        for path in default_paths:
+            if os.path.exists(path):
+                configfile = path
+                break
+            
+    # if there is no config file now, raise an exception, as we need one
+    if not configfile:
+        raise IOError('ERROR - Can not find postman.conf in your environment')
+
+    available_sections = ['xmlrpc_server', 'storage', 'archive',
+                          'mailing_lists', 'members']
+
+    config = {}
+
+    parser = SafeConfigParser()
+    # FIXME: we should check here if the config file has been read correctly,
+    # instead of letting an exception to pass through
+    parser.read(configfile)
+
+    if section in available_sections:
+        for name, value in parser.items(section):
+            config[name] = value
+        return config
+
+    # if no section (or an invalid section) is provided, return an empty config
+    # set
+    return config
+
 
 # The default path for storage files