read configuration

2 files changed, 15 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/mm3mod/__init__.py b/mm3mod/__init__.py
index c95d3e8..44e6744 100644
--- a/mm3mod/__init__.py
+++ b/mm3mod/__init__.py
@@ -1,2 +1,15 @@
+import configparser
+from xdg import xdg_config_home
+from pathlib import PurePath
+
 def main ():
-    print("hello world")
+
+    config_path = PurePath (xdg_config_home (), 'mm3mod', 'config.ini')
+    config = configparser.ConfigParser ()
+    with open(config_path) as f:
+        config.read_file (f)
+
+    print("user =", config.get('rest','user'))
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 69e585d..f8e7944 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ version = 0.0.1
 packages = mm3mod
 install_requires =
     mailmanclient >= 3.2
+    xdg >= 0.25
 
 [options.entry_points]
 console_scripts =