Proper configuration file

.gitignore

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ __pycache__/
 test/
 input/
 images/
+conf/*custom.ini
 .directory
 *.swp
 *~

conf/conf.ini

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# TPDF - Tellico Parser anD Finder
+# Main configuration file
+#
+# Do not edit this file directly if you want to keep your git repository clean.
+# Copy/Rename it as `conf.custom.ini` and edit it.
+# It will override this file's values, and it will not be tracked.
+################################################################################
+
+[default]
+# Path to Tellico .tc database to use
+path = /some/path/to/tellico.tc

main.py

@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ import zipfile
 import shutil as sh
 import os
 import time
+import configparser
 
 # Our custom library (again no pun intended)
 import tcparser
-import settings
 
 # Start CGI handling for webserver
 cgitb.enable()
@@ -49,18 +49,21 @@ print()
 
 ### End of HTTP headers:  it is now safe to output things
 ##########################################################
+# Read configuration files (latest files in list override previous settings)
+conf = configparser.ConfigParser()
+conf.read(['conf/conf.ini', 'conf/conf.custom.ini'])
 
 luh = open('./output/lastupdate.txt', 'r')
 lu = int(float(luh.read()))
 luh.close()
 
-mtime = os.path.getmtime(settings.path)
+mtime = os.path.getmtime(conf['default']['path'])
 
 outdir = './output'
 
 if int(lu) < int(mtime):
     # Unzip Tellico .tc database
-    zipHandler = zipfile.ZipFile(settings.path, 'r')
+    zipHandler = zipfile.ZipFile(conf['default']['path'], 'r')
     zipHandler.extractall(outdir)
     zipHandler.close()
     luh = open('./output/lastupdate.txt', 'w')

settings.py

@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-# TPDF - Tellico Parser anD Finder -- MAIN CONFIGURATION FILE
-
-# Path to Tellico .tc database to use
-path = 'input/tellico.tc'