switch to using configparser for config files

.gitignore

@@ -63,5 +63,5 @@ target/
 
 # custom
 *.db
-*.json
+*.conf
 modules/nongit-*.py

Config.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-import json, os
+import configparser, os
 
 class Config(object):
-    def __init__(self, bot, location="bot.json"):
+    def __init__(self, bot, location="bot.conf"):
         self.bot = bot
         self.location = location
         self.full_location = os.path.join(bot.bot_directory,
@@ -12,4 +12,6 @@ class Config(object):
     def load_config(self):
         if os.path.isfile(self.full_location):
             with open(self.full_location) as config_file:
-                self.bot.config = json.loads(config_file.read())
+                parser = configparser.ConfigParser()
+                parser.read_string(config_file.read())
+                self.bot.config = dict(parser["bot"].items())

README.md

@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ Python3 event-driven modular IRC bot!
 * [suds](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/suds-jurko)
 
 ## Configurating
-To get BitBot off the ground, there's some API-keys and the like in bot.json.example. move it to bot.json, fill in the API keys you want (and remove the ones you don't want - this will automatically disable the modules that rely on them.)
+To get BitBot off the ground, there's some API-keys and the like in bot.conf.example. move it to bot.conf, fill in the API keys you want (and remove the ones you don't want - this will automatically disable the modules that rely on them.)
 
 ## Eagle
-BitBot's National Rail module can optionally include output from Network Rail's SCHEDULE via [Eagle](https://github.com/EvelynSubarrow/Eagle). Configuration on BitBot's end is covered by the `eagle-` keys in bot.json.example.
+BitBot's National Rail module can optionally include output from Network Rail's SCHEDULE via [Eagle](https://github.com/EvelynSubarrow/Eagle). Configuration on BitBot's end is covered by the `eagle-` keys in bot.conf.example.
 
 ## Running
 Just run `./start.py`

bot.conf.example

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+[bot]
+openweathermap-api-key   =
+wolframalpha-api-key     =
+google-api-key           =
+google-search-id         =
+bighugethesaurus-api-key =
+wordnik-api-key          =
+lastfm-api-key           =
+twitter-api-key          =
+twitter-api-secret       =
+twitter-access-token     =
+twitter-access-secret    =
+trakt-api-key            =
+bitly-api-key            =
+soundcloud-api-key       =
+tfl-api-id               =
+tfl-api-key              =
+nre-api-key              =
+eagle-api-key            =
+eagle-api-url            =
+pushbullet-api-key       =
+pushbullet-channel-tag   =
+omdbapi-api-key          =

bot.json.example

@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "openweathermap-api-key"   : "",
-    "wolframalpha-api-key"     : "",
-    "google-api-key"           : "",
-    "google-search-id"         : "",
-    "bighugethesaurus-api-key" : "",
-    "wordnik-api-key"          : "",
-    "lastfm-api-key"           : "",
-    "twitter-api-key"          : "",
-    "twitter-api-secret"       : "",
-    "twitter-access-token"     : "",
-    "twitter-access-secret"    : "",
-    "trakt-api-key"            : "",
-    "bitly-api-key"            : "",
-    "soundcloud-api-key"       : "",
-    "tfl-api-id"               : "",
-    "tfl-api-key"              : "",
-    "eagle-api-url"            : "",
-    "eagle-api-key"            : "",
-    "omdbapi-api-key"          : ""
-}