Config file addition

.gitignore

@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 port.json
+config.json
 *.pyc

modules/render.py

@@ -145,16 +145,19 @@ def suggestions(page, json):
         page = page + "</details>"
     return page
 
-def search_widget(page):
+def search_widget(page, address):
 
     # Adds a search bar to the page
 
     page = page + """
-    <form action="/search" method="GET"> 
+    <form action="""
+    page = page + address
+    page = page + """search method="GET">
     <input type="text" name="item" class="search" placeholder="Name of Software">
     <button type="submit">Search</button>
     </form>
     """
+    #page = page.format(ADDRESS)
     
     return page
 

server.py

@@ -18,11 +18,23 @@ from modules import render
 CSS = "https://zortazert.codeberg.page/style/styles.css"
 
 try:
-    with open("port.json","r") as f:
+    if os.path.exists("config.json"):
-        json_stuff = json.load(f)
+        with open("config.json","r") as f:
-    PORT = json_stuff["port"]
+            srvConfig = json.load(f)
+        ADDRESS = srvConfig["address"]
+        PORT = srvConfig["port"]
+        CSS = srvConfig["css"]
 except:
-    PORT = input("Port: ")
+    newConfig = open("config.json", "w")
+    newConfig.write("""{
+    "INFO" : "You would be better off setting address to the full URL of the FreeCompetitors instance.",
+    "address" : "/",
+    "port" : "8080",
+    "css" : "https://zortazert.codeberg.page/style/styles.css"
+}""")
+    newConfig.close
+    print("Please edit the configuration file \"config.json\".")
+    exit()
 try:
     PORT = int(PORT)
 except:
@@ -73,7 +85,7 @@ class handler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
             # If the user is at the front page, let him get only the search bar
 
             page = "<center><br><br><br><h1>Free Competitors</h1>"
-            page = render.search_widget(page)
+            page = render.search_widget(page, ADDRESS)
             page = page + "<p>Please search for any software to which you would like to find a Free Software replacement.</p></center>"            
             page = render.source_code_link(page)
             self.send(page)
@@ -95,7 +107,7 @@ class handler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
 
             software_data, match = search.search_app(software)
             
-            page = render.search_widget("")
+            page = render.search_widget("", ADDRESS)
             page = page +"Search match: "+ str(int(match*100))+"%"
             # Let's add the found software to the page
             page = render.html(page, software_data)