Load config by importing configloader

config/template_config.ini

@@ -16,3 +16,7 @@ token = 123456789:YOUR_TOKEN_GOES_HERE_______________
 conversation_timeout = 7200
 ; Time to wait before sending another getUpdates request
 long_polling_timeout = 30
+
+# Database parameters
+[Database]
+; The database engine you want to use. Refer to http://docs.sqlalchemy.org/en/latest/core/engines.html for the possible settings.

configloader.py

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import sys
 import os
 import configparser
 
-def load_config() -> configparser.ConfigParser:
 # Check if a configuration file exists, create one if it doesn't and get the template version number.
 with open("config/template_config.ini") as template_file:
     # Check if the config file exists
@@ -38,5 +37,3 @@ def load_config() -> configparser.ConfigParser:
     print("The config file in config/config.ini has been updated.\n"
           "Edit it with the new required data, set the is_template flag to true and restart this script.")
     sys.exit(1)
-
-    return config

core.py

@@ -8,11 +8,8 @@ import configloader
 def main():
     """The core code of the program. Should be run only in the main process!"""
 
-    # Load the config from config.ini
-    config = configloader.load_config()
-
     # Create a bot instance
-    bot = telegram.Bot(config["Telegram"]["token"])
+    bot = telegram.Bot(configloader.config["Telegram"]["token"])
 
     # Test the specified token
     try:
@@ -36,7 +33,7 @@ def main():
     while True:
         # Get a new batch of 100 updates and mark the last 100 parsed as read
         try:
-            updates = bot.get_updates(offset=next_update, timeout=int(config["Telegram"]["long_polling_timeout"]))
+            updates = bot.get_updates(offset=next_update, timeout=int(configloader.config["Telegram"]["long_polling_timeout"]))
         # If the method times out...
         except telegram.error.TimedOut:
             # Increase the TimedOut counter

worker.py

@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@ import configloader
 import sys
 import queue as queuem
 
-# Load the configuration
-config = configloader.load_config()
-
 class StopSignal:
     """A data class that should be sent to the worker when the conversation has to be stopped abnormally."""
 
@@ -51,7 +48,7 @@ class ChatWorker(threading.Thread):
         If a stop signal is sent, try to gracefully stop the thread."""
         # Pop data from the queue
         try:
-            data = self.queue.get(timeout=int(config["Telegram"]["conversation_timeout"]))
+            data = self.queue.get(timeout=int(configloader.config["Telegram"]["conversation_timeout"]))
         except queuem.Empty:
             # If the conversation times out, gracefully stop the thread
             self._graceful_stop()