modified some config stuff

config.json

@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 {
   "server": {
     "listen": "0.0.0.0",
-    "port": 3000,
+    "port": 3000
-    "timestamp": "DD.MM.YYYY HH:mm:ss:SS"
   },
   "cache": {
     "active": false,
     "lifetime": 15
   },
   "log": {
-    "level": "debug"
+    "level": "debug",
+    "format": "DD.MM.YYYY HH:mm:ss:SS"
   },
   "osc": {
     "host": "192.168.1.24",

libs/info.js

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-const logger = require('./logger.js');
 const cache = require('./cache.js');
 const commands = require('./commands.js');
 const os = require('os');

libs/logger.js

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-const config = require('../config.json');
 const moment = require('moment');
 
 // constants
@@ -11,9 +10,26 @@ const LOGLEVEL_INFO = 1;
 const LOGLEVEL_WARNING = 2;
 const LOGLEVEL_ERROR = 3;
 
-// set loglevel on 'require'
+var loglevel = getLogLevel();
-const loglevel = function () {
+var timestamp = getTimestamp();
-    switch (config.log.level) {
+
+function initialize() {
+    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+        if (global.config == undefined) {
+            reject('could not initialize logger, config is undefined');
+        }
+        loglevel = getLogLevel();
+        timestamp = getTimestamp();
+        resolve();
+    });
+}
+
+// get the loglevel
+function getLogLevel() {
+    if (global.config?.log?.level == undefined) {
+        return LOGLEVEL_INFO;
+    }
+    switch (global.config.log.level) {
         case LOG_PREFIX_DEBUG:
         case LOGLEVEL_DEBUG:
             return LOGLEVEL_DEBUG;
@@ -29,7 +45,15 @@ const loglevel = function () {
         default:
             return LOGLEVEL_INFO;
     }
-}();
+}
+
+// get the timestamp format
+function getTimestamp() {
+    if (global.config?.log?.format != undefined) {
+        return global.config.log.format;
+    }
+    return "DD.MM.YYYY HH:mm:ss:SS";
+}
 
 // log a http request - response object
 function http(object) {
@@ -109,12 +133,13 @@ function trace(message, prefix) {
         default:
             print = console.log;
     }
-    message = moment().format(config.server.timestamp) + ' | ' + prefix + ' > ' + message;
+    message = moment().format(timestamp) + ' | ' + prefix + ' > ' + message;
     print(message);
 }
 
 // exports
 module.exports = {
+    initialize,
     info,
     warn,
     debug,

libs/util.js

@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 const logger = require('./logger.js');
+const realpath = require('fs/promises').realpath;
+const stat = require('fs/promises').stat;
 const http = require('http');
 const { HTTP_GET, HTTP_POST } = require('./constants.js');
 
@@ -79,11 +81,42 @@ function sortById(array) {
     });
 }
 
+function fileExists(file) {
+    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+        if (file == undefined) {
+            reject('can not check the existence of an undefined file');
+        }
+        resolvePath(file)
+            .then((path) => {
+                stat(path)
+                    .then((stats) => {
+                        resolve({path, stats});
+                    })
+            })
+            .catch(reject);
+    });
+}
+
+function resolvePath(file) {
+    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+        if (file == undefined) {
+            reject('can not resolve a path to an undefined file');
+        }
+        realpath(file)
+            .then(resolve)
+            .catch((err) => {
+                reject('resolving path \'' + file + '\' encountered an error >>> ' + err);
+            });
+    });
+}
+
 module.exports = {
     timeDiff,
     clone,
     httpGET,
     httpPOST,
     toHex,
-    sortById
+    sortById,
+    fileExists,
+    resolvePath
 }

pbc.js

@@ -1,12 +1,37 @@
 const logger = require('./libs/logger.js');
 const api = require('./libs/api.js');
 const server = require('./libs/server.js')
+const util = require('./libs/util.js');
 const packageJSON = require('./package.json');
 
-logger.info("launching " + packageJSON.name + " " + packageJSON.version);
+const INTERRUPTS = ['SIGINT', 'SIGTERM'];
-api.setupEndpoints()
+
+global.config = process.argv[2] || __dirname + '/config.json';
+
+handleInterrupts();
+
+util.fileExists(config)
+    .then((result) => {
+        global.config = require(result.path);
+        global.config.path = result.path;
+    })
+    .then(logger.initialize)
+    .then(() => {
+        logger.info("launching " + packageJSON.name + " " + packageJSON.version);
+    })
+    .then(api.setupEndpoints)
     .then(server.start)
-    .catch(function (err) {
+    .catch((err) => {
         logger.error(err);
         process.exit(1);
-    });
+    });
+
+function handleInterrupts() {
+    for (var index = 0; index < INTERRUPTS.length; index++) {
+        process.once(INTERRUPTS[index], (code) => {
+            watchers.stop()
+                .then(exit(code))
+                .catch(exit(code));
+        });
+    }
+}