added config

app.go

@@ -3,11 +3,13 @@ package main
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"yellowjacket/backend"
 )
 
 // App struct
 type App struct {
-	ctx context.Context
+	ctx    context.Context
+	config *backend.Config
 }
 
 // NewApp creates a new App application struct
@@ -19,6 +21,12 @@ func NewApp() *App {
 // so we can call the runtime methods
 func (a *App) startup(ctx context.Context) {
 	a.ctx = ctx
+
+	conf, err := backend.GetConfig()
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(fmt.Errorf("could not get config: %w", err))
+	}
+	a.config = conf
 }
 
 // Greet returns a greeting for the given name

backend/config.go

@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+package backend
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"path"
+
+	"github.com/BurntSushi/toml"
+)
+
+type Config struct {
+	LibraryDirPath string
+	MyConfigValue  string
+}
+
+var defaultConfig *Config = &Config{
+	LibraryDirPath: "",
+	MyConfigValue:  "testtesttest",
+}
+
+func GetConfig() (*Config, error) {
+
+	configDir, err := GetUserConfigDirPath()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not get user config directory path: %w", err)
+	}
+	configFilePath := path.Join(configDir, "config.toml")
+	// create the config file and load defaults if it doesn't exist
+	_, err = os.Stat(configFilePath)
+	if os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		defaultConfig.WriteConfig(configFilePath)
+	}
+	conf, err := LoadConfig(configFilePath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not load config file %s: %w", configFilePath, err)
+	}
+	return conf, nil
+}
+
+func LoadConfig(configFilePath string) (*Config, error) {
+	// read in the file
+	confFileData, err := os.ReadFile(configFilePath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("problem reading config file %s: %w", configFilePath, err)
+	}
+
+	// parse it into the config struct
+	var conf Config
+	_, err = toml.Decode(string(confFileData), &conf)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("problem parsing config file %s: %w", configFilePath, err)
+	}
+
+	// validate the config
+	if err = conf.validate(); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid config file at %s: %w", configFilePath, err)
+	}
+
+	return &conf, nil
+}
+
+func (c *Config) WriteConfig(configFileWritePath string) error {
+	confFileData, err := toml.Marshal(c)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("could not marshal config struct: %w", err)
+	}
+	err = os.WriteFile(configFileWritePath, confFileData, os.FileMode(int(0666)))
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("could not write config file: %w", err)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// return errors if there is a *breaking* issue with the config
+func (c *Config) validate() error {
+	return nil
+}

backend/userdata.go

@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+package backend
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"os/user"
+	"runtime"
+)
+
+// user config directories vary by operating system and purpose
+// Linux/Mac: ~/.config
+// Windows: C:\Users\<username>\AppData
+func GetUserConfigDirPath() (string, error) {
+	path := ""
+	currentUser, err := user.Current()
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("could not get current user: %w", err)
+	}
+	switch currentOS := runtime.GOOS; currentOS {
+	case "darwin":
+		fallthrough
+	case "linux":
+		path = fmt.Sprintf("/home/%s/.config/yellowjacket", currentUser.Username)
+	case "windows":
+		path = fmt.Sprintf(`C:\Users\%s\AppData\local\yellowjacket\config`, currentUser.Username)
+	default:
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("unsupported OS: %s", currentOS)
+	}
+	err = os.MkdirAll(path, os.ModePerm)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("could not make user config directory: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	// final check
+	dirInfo, err := os.Stat(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("could not stat the user config directory %s: %w", path, err)
+	}
+
+	if !dirInfo.IsDir() {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("not a directory: %s", path)
+	}
+
+	return path, nil
+}
+
+// user data directories vary by operating system and purpose
+// Linux/Mac: ~/.local/share
+// Windows: C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local
+func getUserDataDirPath() (string, error) {
+	path := ""
+	currentUser, err := user.Current()
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("could not get current user: %w", err)
+	}
+	switch currentOS := runtime.GOOS; currentOS {
+	case "darwin":
+		fallthrough
+	case "linux":
+		path = fmt.Sprintf("/home/%s/.local/share/yellowjacket", currentUser.Username)
+	case "windows":
+		path = fmt.Sprintf(`C:\Users\%s\AppData\local\yellowjacket\config`, currentUser.Username)
+	default:
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("unsupported OS: %s", currentOS)
+	}
+	err = os.MkdirAll(path, os.ModePerm)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("could not make user data directory: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	// final check
+	dirInfo, err := os.Stat(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("could not stat the user data directory %s: %w", path, err)
+	}
+
+	if !dirInfo.IsDir() {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("not a directory: %s", path)
+	}
+
+	return path, nil
+}

go.mod

@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@ module yellowjacket
 
 go 1.23
 
-require github.com/wailsapp/wails/v2 v2.10.1
+require (
+	github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.5.0
+	github.com/wailsapp/wails/v2 v2.10.1
+)
 
 require (
 	github.com/bep/debounce v1.2.1 // indirect

go.sum

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.5.0 h1:W5quZX/G/csjUnuI8SUYlsHs9M38FC7znL0lIO+DvMg=
+github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.5.0/go.mod h1:ukJfTF/6rtPPRCnwkur4qwRxa8vTRFBF0uk2lLoLwho=
 github.com/bep/debounce v1.2.1 h1:v67fRdBA9UQu2NhLFXrSg0Brw7CexQekrBwDMM8bzeY=
 github.com/bep/debounce v1.2.1/go.mod h1:H8yggRPQKLUhUoqrJC1bO2xNya7vanpDl7xR3ISbCJ0=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=