tbh i forgot

backend/backend.go

@@ -81,6 +81,14 @@ func VerifyLogRequest(request *http.Request) (err error) {
 	return nil
 }
 
+
+// Writes a configuration file populated with defaults
+func createConfigWithDefaults(path string) error {
+	config, _ := defaultConfig.ReadFile("default_config.json")
+	err := os.WriteFile(path, config, 0644)
+	return err
+}
+
 // Helper for configReader() that does the actual reading
 //
 // Also validates the populated fields
@@ -88,7 +96,7 @@ func configReaderParse(filePath string, configOptionStorage *globals.Config) err
 	jsonData, err := os.ReadFile(filePath)
 	if err == nil {
 		if err = json.Unmarshal(jsonData, &configOptionStorage); err != nil {
-			LogLine("Configuration file is invalid JSON", 5)
+			LogLine("Configuration file is invalid JSON", 4)
 			return errors.New("Config file could not be read")
 		}
 	} else {
@@ -112,17 +120,10 @@ func configReaderParse(filePath string, configOptionStorage *globals.Config) err
 	return nil
 }
 
-// tbd what exactly happens here
-func configValidator(config globals.Config) error {
-	return nil
-}
-
-func configPopulator(config globals.Config) error {
-	return nil
-}
-
-// Creates the configuration file populated with defaults
-func createConfigWithDefaults() {
+// populates the appconfig with default values
+func configPopulator(configOptionStorage *globals.Config) {
+	jsonData, _ := defaultConfig.ReadFile("default_config.json")
+	json.Unmarshal(jsonData, &configOptionStorage)
 }
 
 // Reads config file and stores the options in configOptionStorage
@@ -132,29 +133,39 @@ func createConfigWithDefaults() {
 //	%LOCALAPPDATA%\servtex\configFileName
 //	~/.config/servtex/configFileName
 func ConfigReader(configFileName string, configOptionStorage *globals.Config) error {
+	var defaultPath string
+
+	// populate default config
+	configPopulator(configOptionStorage)
+	configRead := false
+
+	// read config file from disk
 	exePath, err := os.Executable()
 	if err == nil {
-		path := filepath.Join(filepath.Dir(exePath), configFileName)
-		err = configReaderParse(path, configOptionStorage)
-		if err == nil { return nil }
+		defaultPath = filepath.Join(filepath.Dir(exePath), configFileName)
+		err = configReaderParse(defaultPath, configOptionStorage)
+		if err == nil { configRead = true }
 	}
 
 	localappdata := os.Getenv("LOCALAPPDATA")
-	if localappdata != "" {
+	if !configRead && localappdata != "" {
 		path := filepath.Join(localappdata, "servtex", configFileName)
 		err = configReaderParse(path, configOptionStorage)
-		if err == nil { return nil }
 	}
 
-	path := filepath.Join("~", ".config", "servtex", configFileName)
-	err = configReaderParse(path, configOptionStorage)
-	if err != nil { return err }
+	if !configRead {
+		path := filepath.Join("~", ".config", "servtex", configFileName)
+		err = configReaderParse(path, configOptionStorage)
 
-	err = configPopulator(*configOptionStorage)
-	if err != nil { return err }
-
-	err = configValidator(*configOptionStorage)
-	if err != nil { return err }
+		// create default config file for user to edit
+		if err != nil && defaultPath != "" { 
+			LogLine(fmt.Sprintf("Configuration file does not exist. Creating with defaults at %s", defaultPath), 4)
+			err = createConfigWithDefaults(defaultPath)
+			if err != nil {
+				LogLine("Configuration file could not be created", 4)
+			}
+		}
+	}
 
 	return nil
 }
@@ -286,18 +297,6 @@ func LatexCompile() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// Returns intersection of two slices
-func sliceIntersection[T comparable](left []T, right []T) (intersection []T) {
-	for _, leftItem := range left {
-		for _, rightItem := range right {
-			if leftItem == rightItem {
-				intersection = append(intersection, leftItem)
-			}
-		}
-	}
-	return intersection
-}
-
 // Checks whether the proxy is trusted. Returns trusted status and the proxy.
 //
 // If X-Forwarded-For chain is passed, only the last in chain will be considered

backend/default_config.json

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-	"timezone": "Europe/Berlin"
+	"timezone": "Europe/Berlin",
 	"logFilePath": "./servtex.log",
 	"logLevel": "warning",