Function parseSettings

src/node/utils/Settings.ts:93–132

(settingsFilename: string, isSettings: boolean)

 * The isSettings variable only controls the error logging.
 */
const parseSettings = (settingsFilename: string, isSettings: boolean) => {
  let settingsStr = '';

  let settingsType, notFoundMessage, notFoundFunction;

  if (isSettings) {
    settingsType = 'settings';
    notFoundMessage = 'Continuing using defaults!';
    notFoundFunction = logger.warn.bind(logger);
  } else {
    settingsType = 'credentials';
    notFoundMessage = 'Ignoring.';
    notFoundFunction = logger.info.bind(logger);
  }

  try {
    // read the settings file
    settingsStr = fs.readFileSync(settingsFilename).toString();
  } catch (e) {
    notFoundFunction(`No ${settingsType} file found in ${settingsFilename}. ${notFoundMessage}`);

    // or maybe undefined!
    return null;
  }

  try {
    settingsStr = jsonminify(settingsStr).replace(',]', ']').replace(',}', '}');

    const settings = JSON.parse(settingsStr);

    logger.info(`${settingsType} loaded from: ${settingsFilename}`);

    return lookupEnvironmentVariables(settings);
  } catch (e: any) {
    logger.error(`There was an error processing your ${settingsType} ` +
      `file from ${settingsFilename}: ${e.message}`);

    process.exit(1);
  }
};


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