Moved config file to /Users/kemi01/.config/torrentSearch.

setup.py

@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ setup(
     name='torrentSearch',
     version=torrentSearch.__version__,
     packages=find_packages(),
+    package_data={
+        'torrentSearch': ['default_config.ini'],
+    },
     author='KevinMidboe',
     description='Search For Torrents',
     long_description="README on github : https://github.com/KevinMidboe/torrent_search",

torrentSearch/utils.py

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 import re
 import os
+import shutil
 import logging
 import colored
 import configparser
@@ -25,18 +26,26 @@ SYMBOLS = {
 }
 
 __all__ = ('ColorizeFilter', )
+logger = logging.getLogger('torrentSearch')
 
 def getConfig():
   """
   Read path and get configuartion file with site settings
-
   :return: config settings read from 'config.ini'
   :rtype: configparser.ConfigParser
   """
   config = configparser.ConfigParser()
-   config_dir = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'config.ini')
+  user_config_dir = os.path.expanduser("~") + "/.config/torrentSearch"
-   config.read(config_dir)
 
+  config_dir = os.path.join(user_config_dir, 'config.ini')
+  if not os.path.isfile(config_dir):
+    defaultConfig = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'default_config.ini')
+    print(defaultConfig)
+    logger.error('Missing config! Moved default_config.ini to {}.\nOpen this file and set all varaibles!'.format(config_dir))
+    os.makedirs(user_config_dir, exist_ok=True)
+    shutil.copyfile(defaultConfig, config_dir)
+
+  config.read(config_dir)
   return config
 
 class ColorizeFilter(logging.Filter):