[web] refactoring the config reading code

README.md

@@ -134,13 +134,13 @@ will be pre-downloaded faster ( it does **NOT** modify your **pacman** settings
 
 #### Web Applications ( web )
 - It allows the installation of native Web applications by typing an address / URL in the search bar.
-- It also offers the possibility to customize the app to be generated the way you want: [TODO image or video]
+- It also offers the possibility to customize the generated app the way you want: [TODO image or video]
 - It also provides some suggestions coming with predefined settings, and they also can be retrieved by searching their names. They are
 defined at [suggestions.yml](https://github.com/vinifmor/bauh-files/blob/master/web/suggestions.yml), and downloaded during the application usage.
 - It relies on [NodeJS](https://nodejs.org/en/), [Electron](https://electronjs.org/) and [nativefier](https://github.com/jiahaog/nativefier) to do all the magic, but you do not need them installed on your system. An isolated installation environment
 will be generated at **~/.local/share/bauh/web/env**.
-- The isolated environment is generated based on the settings defined in [environment.yml](https://github.com/vinifmor/bauh-files/blob/master/web/environment.yml)
+- The isolated environment is created based on the settings defined in [environment.yml](https://github.com/vinifmor/bauh-files/blob/master/web/environment.yml)
- that is downloaded during runtime.
+ ( downloaded during runtime ).
 - Some applications require Javascript fixes to properly work. If it is a known fix, bauh will download the file JS file from [fix](https://github.com/vinifmor/bauh-files/tree/master/web/fix) and
 install it with the generated app.
 - The installed applications are located at **~/.local/share/bauh/installed**.
@@ -148,12 +148,12 @@ install it with the generated app.
 - When the Tray Mode **Start Minimized** is defined during the installation setup, a desktop entry will be also generated at **~/.config/autostart**
 allowing the application to launch automatically attached to system tray after the boot. 
 - The configuration file for the Web apps support is located at **~/.config/bauh/web.yml** and it allows the following customizations:
-`
+```
 environment:
   electron:
     version: null  # set a custom Electron version here ( e.g: '6.1.4' )
   system: false  # set it to 'true' if you want to use the nativefier version globally installed on your system 
-`
+```
 - Required packages: Arch systems ( **python-lxml**, **python-beautifulsoup4** ), Debian systems ( you will need to install the following packages with pip: **beautifulsoup4**, **lxml** ) 
 
 ### General settings

bauh/commons/config.py

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import os
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import yaml
+
+from bauh.commons import util
+
+
+def read_config(file_path: str, template: dict, update_file: bool = False) -> dict:
+    if not os.path.exists(file_path):
+        Path(file_path).mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+
+        with open(file_path, 'w+') as f:
+            f.write(yaml.dump(template))
+
+    else:
+        with open(file_path) as f:
+            local_config = yaml.safe_load(f.read())
+
+        if local_config:
+            util.deep_update(template, local_config)
+
+        if update_file:
+            with open(file_path, 'w+') as f:
+                f.write(yaml.dump(template))
+
+    return template

bauh/gems/web/config.py

@@ -1,10 +1,4 @@
-import os
+from bauh.commons.config import read_config as read
-from pathlib import Path
-
-import yaml
-
-from bauh.api.constants import CONFIG_PATH
-from bauh.commons import util
 from bauh.gems.web import CONFIG_FILE
 
 
@@ -15,20 +9,6 @@ def read_config(update_file: bool = False) -> dict:
             'electron': {'version': None}
         }
     }
-    if not os.path.exists(CONFIG_FILE):
-        Path(CONFIG_PATH).mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
 
-        with open(CONFIG_FILE, 'w+') as f:
+    return read(CONFIG_FILE, default_config, update_file)
-            f.write(yaml.dump(default_config))
 
-    else:
-        with open(CONFIG_FILE) as f:
-            local_config = yaml.safe_load(f.read())
-
-        util.deep_update(default_config, local_config)
-
-        if update_file:
-            with open(CONFIG_FILE, 'w+') as f:
-                f.write(yaml.dump(default_config))
-
-    return default_config