+ Configuration file is fully loaded now

config.example.json

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
             "hostname": "localhost",
             "username": "root",
             "password": "",
+            "port"    : 3306,
             "databases": {
                 "blacklist": null,
                 "whitelist": null

package.json

@@ -3,5 +3,19 @@
     "@types/nodemailer": "^6.4.4",
     "mysql": "^2.18.1",
     "nodemailer": "^6.6.3"
-  }
+  },
+  "name": "datahoard",
+  "description": "Make sure your database backups run and keep track of performance",
+  "version": "0.1.0",
+  "main": "dist/app.js",
+  "devDependencies": {},
+  "scripts": {
+    "start": "tsc && node dist/app.js"
+  },
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "https://tea.chunkbyte.com/kato/DataHoard.git"
+  },
+  "author": "Kato Twofold",
+  "license": "SEE LICENSE IN LICENSE"
 }

src/app.ts

@@ -1,13 +1,25 @@
+// Import the configuration file
+import { getConfig } from "./helper/config";
 // Import SystemControl
 import { SystemControl } from "./models/SystemController";
 
 // Global system control singleton
 (global as any).logger = new SystemControl();
+(global as any).config = null;
 
 /**
  * The main function to run the program with
  */
 async function main() {
+    // Get the configuration file
+    (global as any).config = getConfig();
 
+    console.log(
+        (global as any).config
+    );
 
 }
+
+
+// Run the main program
+main();

src/helper/config.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import * as fs from "fs";
+
 /**
  * A Collection of settings
  */
@@ -116,6 +118,10 @@ export interface NodeConnection {
      * The password to connect to the database with
      */
     password  : string,
+    /**
+     * The port for the database connection
+     */
+    port      : number,
     /**
      * The database filter, this can contain a blacklist or a whitelist.
      */
@@ -141,13 +147,54 @@ export interface ConfigObject {
     nodes:   Array<NodeConnection>
 }
 
+/**
+ * Get the name of the config file
+ */
+export function getConfigFileName() : string {
+    return "config.json";
+}
+
+/**
+ * The config file can really be in 2 places, in the project or above it, so we're going to take a peak in both cases.
+ */
+function findConfigFile() : string {
+    const fileName : string = getConfigFileName();
+
+    // Look in the same folder
+    if ( fs.existsSync(fileName) ) {
+        return fileName;
+    }
+    
+    // Check outside
+    if ( fs.existsSync(fileName) ) {
+        return `../${fileName}`;
+    }
+
+    // Throw an error because the file does not exist.
+    throw new Error("Failed to find the config file, please create a `config.json` file and complete it similar to the provided example file `config.example.json`");
+}
+
 /**
  * Read the config file from the files of the project
  * @returns The configuration object of the project
  */
-export function getConfig() : ConfigObject | null {
+export function getConfig() : ConfigObject {
 
+    // Check for the location of the config file
+    const fileName : string = findConfigFile();
 
+    // Initialize the config data object
+    let configData : ConfigObject;
 
-    return null;
+    // Load in the configuration data from the json file
+    const rawFileData : string = fs.readFileSync(fileName, `utf-8`);
+    // Parse the data
+    configData = JSON.parse(rawFileData);
+
+    if ( !!configData ) {
+        return configData;
+    }
+
+    // Throw an error because it has been a failure
+    throw new Error("Failed to load the configuration file.");
 }