Add ability on server to read configuration from file.

1 files changed, 20 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/server.py b/server.py
index 9e43de93..eb565e9f 100644
--- a/server.py
+++ b/server.py
@@ -5,17 +5,32 @@ This should be run with:
     twistd -n web --wsgi=leap.soledad.server.application
 """
 
+import configparser
 from twisted.web.wsgi import WSGIResource
 from twisted.internet import reactor
 from u1db.remote import http_app
 from leap.soledad.backends.couch import CouchServerState
 
-# TODO: change couch url accordingly
-couch_url = 'http://localhost:5984'
-state = CouchServerState(couch_url)
+
+def load_configuration(file_path):
+    conf = {
+        'couch_url': 'http://localhost:5984',
+        'working_dir': '/tmp',
+    }
+    config = configparser.ConfigParser()
+    config.read(file_path)
+    if 'soledad-server' in config:
+        for key in conf:
+            if key in config['soledad-server']:
+                conf[key] = config['soledad-server'][key]
+    return conf
+
+
+conf = load_configuration('/etc/leap/soledad-server.ini')
+
+state = CouchServerState(conf['couch_url'])
 # TODO: change working dir to something meaningful
-state.set_workingdir('/tmp')
-# TODO: write a LeapHTTPApp that will use Couch as backend instead of SQLite
+state.set_workingdir(conf['working_dir'])
 application = http_app.HTTPApp(state)
 
 resource = WSGIResource(reactor, reactor.getThreadPool(), application)