constants.py

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#pylint: disable=invalid-name

"""Loads constants for backend use."""

import json
import os

def parse_json(js_file):
    text = js_file.read()
    first_bracket_index = text.find('= {')
    last_bracket_index = text.rfind('}')
    json_text = text[first_bracket_index + 2:last_bracket_index + 1]
    return json.loads(json_text)

class Constants(dict):
    """Transforms dict to object, attributes can be accesed by dot notation"""
    __getattr__ = dict.__getitem__

with open(os.path.join('assets', 'constants.js'), 'r') as f:
    constants = Constants(parse_json(f))