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;