Helper method for loading config file options

config.py

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import re
 import os
 import yaml
 import sys
+from typing import List, Any
 from errors import ConfigError
 
 logger = logging.getLogger()
@@ -19,56 +20,78 @@ class Config(object):
 
         # Load in the config file at the given filepath
         with open(filepath) as file_stream:
-            config = yaml.full_load(file_stream.read())
+            self.config = yaml.safe_load(file_stream.read())
 
         # Logging setup
         formatter = logging.Formatter('%(asctime)s | %(name)s [%(levelname)s] %(message)s')
 
-        log_dict = config.get("logging", {})
+        log_level = self._get_cfg(["logging", "level"], default="INFO")
-        log_level = log_dict.get("level", "INFO")
         logger.setLevel(log_level)
 
-        file_logging = log_dict.get("file_logging", {})
+        file_logging_enabled = self._get_cfg(["logging", "file_logging", "enabled"], default=False)
-        file_logging_enabled = file_logging.get("enabled", False)
+        file_logging_filepath = self._get_cfg(["logging", "file_logging", "filepath"], default="bot.log")
-        file_logging_filepath = file_logging.get("filepath", "bot.log")
         if file_logging_enabled:
             handler = logging.FileHandler(file_logging_filepath)
             handler.setFormatter(formatter)
             logger.addHandler(handler)
 
-        console_logging = log_dict.get("console_logging", {})
+        console_logging_enabled = self._get_cfg(["logging", "console_logging", "enabled"], default=True)
-        console_logging_enabled = console_logging.get("enabled", True)
         if console_logging_enabled:
             handler = logging.StreamHandler(sys.stdout)
             handler.setFormatter(formatter)
             logger.addHandler(handler)
 
         # Database setup
-        database_dict = config.get("database", {})
+        self.database_filepath = self._get_cfg(["database", "filepath"], required=True)
-        self.database_filepath = database_dict.get("filepath")
 
         # Matrix bot account setup
-        matrix = config.get("matrix", {})
+        self.user_id = self._get_cfg(["matrix", "user_id"], required=True)
-
+        if not re.match("@.*:.*", self.user_id):
-        self.user_id = matrix.get("user_id")
-        if not self.user_id:
-            raise ConfigError("matrix.user_id is a required field")
-        elif not re.match("@.*:.*", self.user_id):
             raise ConfigError("matrix.user_id must be in the form @name:domain")
 
-        self.access_token = matrix.get("access_token")
+        self.access_token = self._get_cfg(["matrix", "access_token"], required=True)
-        if not self.access_token:
-            raise ConfigError("matrix.access_token is a required field")
 
-        self.device_id = matrix.get("device_id")
+        self.device_id = self._get_cfg(["matrix", "device_id"])
         if not self.device_id:
             logger.warning(
                 "Config option matrix.device_id is not provided, which means "
                 "that end-to-end encryption won't work correctly"
             )
 
-        self.homeserver_url = matrix.get("homeserver_url")
+        self.homeserver_url = self._get_cfg(["matrix", "homeserver_url"], required=True)
-        if not self.homeserver_url:
-            raise ConfigError("matrix.homeserver_url is a required field")
 
-        self.command_prefix = config.get("command_prefix", "!c") + " "
+        self.command_prefix = self._get_cfg(["command_prefix"], default="!c") + " "
+
+    def _get_cfg(
+            self,
+            path: List[str],
+            default: Any = None,
+            required: bool = True,
+    ) -> Any:
+        """Get a config option from a path and option name, specifying whether it is
+        required.
+
+        Raises:
+            ConfigError: If required is specified and the object is not found
+                (and there is no default value provided), this error will be raised
+        """
+        path_str = '.'.join(path)
+
+        # Sift through the the config until we reach our option
+        config = self.config
+        for name in path:
+            print("Name is", name)
+            config = config.get(name)
+            print("Config is", config)
+
+            # If at any point we don't get our expected option...
+            if config is None:
+                # Raise an error if it was required
+                if required or not default:
+                    raise ConfigError(f"Config option {path_str} is required")
+
+                # or return the default value
+                return default
+
+        # We found the option. Return it
+        return config

requirements.txt

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-matrix-nio>=0.6
+matrix-nio>=0.8.0
 Markdown>=3.1.1
 PyYAML>=5.1.2