Added config reloader from @cybogenix. It doesn't work yet

core/config.py

@@ -3,13 +3,23 @@ import os
 import time
 import sys
 
+from watchdog.observers import Observer
+from watchdog.tricks import Trick
+
 
 class Config(dict):
     def __init__(self, name, logger, *args, **kwargs):
-        self.path = os.path.abspath("{}.config.json".format(name))
+        self.filename = "{}.config.json".format(name)
+        self.path = os.path.abspath(self.filename)
         self.logger = logger
         self.update(*args, **kwargs)
 
+        # load self
+        self.load_config()
+
+        # start reloader
+        self.watcher()
+
     def load_config(self):
         if not os.path.exists(self.path):
             # if there is no config, show an error and die
@@ -22,7 +32,30 @@ class Config(dict):
 
         with open(self.path) as f:
             self.update(json.load(f))
-            self.logger.info("Config reloaded.")
+            self.logger.info("Config loaded.")
 
     def save_config(self):
         json.dump(self, open(self.path, 'w'), sort_keys=True, indent=2)
+        self.logger.info("Config saved.")
+
+
+    def watcher(self):
+        event_handler = ConfigReloader(self, patterns=[self.filename])
+        self.observer = Observer()
+        self.observer.schedule(event_handler,
+                               path='.',
+                               recursive=True
+                               )
+        self.observer.start()
+
+ 
+ 
+class ConfigReloader(Trick):
+    def __init__(self, config, *args, **kwargs):
+        self.config = config
+        self.logger = config.logger
+        Trick.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)
+
+    def on_any_event(self, event):
+        self.logger.info("Reloading config.")
+        self.config.load_config()

requirements.txt

@@ -2,4 +2,6 @@ BeautifulSoup==3.2.1
 lxml==3.1beta1
 pyenchant==1.6.5
 pydns>=2.3.6
+watchdog
 BeautifulSoup4
+