From d900b307ff198275be7934b45f7b54bf1c20cbcc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jia Hua Zou <jiahua.zou1@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2021 21:04:40 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] add the option to read the json file

---
 index.js        | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 ssg-config.json |  4 ++++
 2 files changed, 34 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 ssg-config.json

diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 4ac39e9..219f86c 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ const { name, version } = require('../SSGNode/package.json')
 let sourcePath = "./Sherlock Holmes Selected Stories/The Adventure of the Six Napoleans.txt"
 let endPath = "./dist"
 let lang = "en"
+let config = ""
 
 function run() {
   let texts = "";
@@ -176,6 +177,21 @@ function generateFile(html) {
   }
 }
 
+function configReader(){
+  try {
+    //parse the file and check for the arguments.
+    const configJSON = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(config, 'utf8'));
+    if(configJSON.lang !== "" && configJSON.lang !== undefined){
+      lang = configJSON.lang;
+    }
+    if(configJSON.input !== "" && configJSON.input !== undefined){
+      sourcePath = configJSON.input;
+    }
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.log(`Fail reading file: ${error}`);
+  }
+}
+
 function genCss(dir) {
   mkExist(dir);
   mkExist(`${dir}/styles.css`, false);
@@ -195,6 +211,7 @@ const defaultFolder = "Sherlock Holmes Selected Stories";
 //check if the argument corresponds with anything we can use
 let pathchanged = false;
 let langchanged = false;
+let configchanged = false;
 
 process.argv.forEach(function (val, index, array) {
   //if path isn't the default one, change it for this next value
@@ -214,6 +231,15 @@ process.argv.forEach(function (val, index, array) {
     }
   }
 
+  if (configchanged) {
+    if(!val.match("^-")) {
+      //means this might be the config
+      config = val;
+      console.log(`Config file is now ${config}`)
+      configReader();
+    }
+  }
+
   switch(val) {
     case "--version":
     case "-v":
@@ -244,6 +270,10 @@ process.argv.forEach(function (val, index, array) {
     case "-l":
       langchanged = true;
       break;
+    case "--config":
+    case "-c":
+      configchanged = true;
+      break;
   }
 });
 
diff --git a/ssg-config.json b/ssg-config.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2c68bd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ssg-config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+  "input": "./cats",
+  "lang": "fr"
+}

From a25b22286fd6147c30068b5a4a33cff15fcfb162 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jia Hua Zou <jiahua.zou1@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2021 21:12:42 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] added the output option for the config feature

---
 index.js | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 219f86c..f9dadb3 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -187,6 +187,9 @@ function configReader(){
     if(configJSON.input !== "" && configJSON.input !== undefined){
       sourcePath = configJSON.input;
     }
+    if(configJSON.output !== "" && configJSON.output !== undefined){
+      endPath = configJSON.output;
+    }
   } catch (error) {
     console.log(`Fail reading file: ${error}`);
   }
@@ -235,7 +238,7 @@ process.argv.forEach(function (val, index, array) {
     if(!val.match("^-")) {
       //means this might be the config
       config = val;
-      console.log(`Config file is now ${config}`)
+      console.log(`Config file is now ${config}`);
       configReader();
     }
   }

From 7e3cab8a537ba6e117706514db2f4066e19171aa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jia Hua Zou <jiahua.zou1@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2021 20:57:51 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] will print an error if the input file is non-existing
 when given from the json config file

---
 index.js        | 9 +++++++--
 ssg-config.json | 3 ++-
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index f9dadb3..38c13a9 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -184,14 +184,19 @@ function configReader(){
     if(configJSON.lang !== "" && configJSON.lang !== undefined){
       lang = configJSON.lang;
     }
-    if(configJSON.input !== "" && configJSON.input !== undefined){
+
+    //validate the input for a file/folder else throws an error and close to program.
+    if(fs.lstatSync(configJSON.input).isDirectory() || fs.lstatSync(configJSON.input).isFile()){
       sourcePath = configJSON.input;
     }
+    
+    //Output folder else default to ./dist
     if(configJSON.output !== "" && configJSON.output !== undefined){
       endPath = configJSON.output;
     }
   } catch (error) {
-    console.log(`Fail reading file: ${error}`);
+    console.log(`ERROR: ${error}`);
+    exit(-1);
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/ssg-config.json b/ssg-config.json
index 2c68bd4..e952219 100644
--- a/ssg-config.json
+++ b/ssg-config.json
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "input": "./cats",
+  "input": "./text.txt",
+  "output": "folder",
   "lang": "fr"
 }