converted to ts

settings.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import { Settings } from './types';
+import * as fs from 'fs';
+import * as path from 'path';
+
+function ReadSettings(): Settings | null {
+    try {
+        console.log("Reading settings.json");
+        const settings_txt = fs.readFileSync("settings.json", 'utf-8');
+        const settings: Settings = JSON.parse(settings_txt);
+        console.log("Done");
+        return settings;
+    } catch (err) {
+        console.error("Error: couldn't read settings.json. make sure its there and valid", err);
+        return null;
+    }
+}
+
+export default ReadSettings;