Loading configs asynchronously now as well as with better error logging for the user

freechat-client/src/config.js

@@ -6,22 +6,29 @@ const fs = require('fs')
  * @returns {Config} { path }
  */
 function get_config(parser) {
+
 	const a = parser.parse_args()
 	const defaultcfg = `${process.env.HOME || process.env.USERPROFILE}/.config/freechat/config.json`
 
 	// we'll just assume that the config is there as per the installation process
 	const path = (a['config']) ? a['config'] : defaultcfg
-	const file_contents = fs.readFileSync(path)
-	const file_json = JSON.parse(file_contents)
+	let ret = { path: path }
+
+	fs.readFile(path, (err, data) => {
+		if(err) { 
+			console.log('No valid config found')
+			process.exit() 
+		}
+		const file_json = JSON.parse(data)
+		for(const key of Object.keys(file_json)) {
+			if(key == 'path') { continue } // don't overwrite the old path
+			else {
+				ret[key] = file_json[key]
+			}
+		}
+	})
 
 	// now we'll just blindly construct the config object from here on out
-	let ret = { path: path }
-	for(const key of Object.keys(file_json)) {
-		if(key == 'path') { continue } // don't overwrite the old path
-		else {
-			ret[key] = file_json[key]
-		}
-	}
 	return ret
 }