Merge aa/type-cleanup-py (work by marios, aa, wolv)

backend/src/settings.py

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+from json import dump, load
+from os import mkdir, path, listdir, rename
+from typing import Any, Dict
+from .localplatform import chown, folder_owner, get_chown_plugin_path
+from .customtypes import UserType
+
+from .helpers import get_homebrew_path
+
+
+class SettingsManager:
+    def __init__(self, name: str, settings_directory: str | None = None) -> None:
+        wrong_dir = get_homebrew_path()
+        if settings_directory == None:
+            settings_directory = path.join(wrong_dir, "settings")
+
+        self.path = path.join(settings_directory, name + ".json")
+
+        #Create the folder with the correct permission
+        if not path.exists(settings_directory):
+            mkdir(settings_directory)
+
+        #Copy all old settings file in the root directory to the correct folder
+        for file in listdir(wrong_dir):
+            if file.endswith(".json"):
+                rename(path.join(wrong_dir,file),
+                       path.join(settings_directory, file))
+                self.path = path.join(settings_directory, name + ".json")
+
+
+        #If the owner of the settings directory is not the user, then set it as the user:
+        expected_user = UserType.HOST_USER if get_chown_plugin_path() else UserType.ROOT
+        if folder_owner(settings_directory) != expected_user:
+            chown(settings_directory, expected_user, False)
+
+        self.settings: Dict[str, Any] = {}
+
+        try:
+            open(self.path, "x", encoding="utf-8")
+        except FileExistsError as _:
+            self.read()
+            pass
+
+    def read(self):
+        try:
+            with open(self.path, "r", encoding="utf-8") as file:
+                self.settings = load(file)
+        except Exception as e:
+            print(e)
+            pass
+
+    def commit(self):
+        with open(self.path, "w+", encoding="utf-8") as file:
+            dump(self.settings, file, indent=4, ensure_ascii=False)
+
+    def getSetting(self, key: str, default: Any = None) -> Any:
+        return self.settings.get(key, default)
+
+    def setSetting(self, key: str, value: Any) -> Any:
+        self.settings[key] = value
+        self.commit()