closed #275, refactored configs to use new method "list", which returns error first

src/install.js

@@ -95,17 +95,23 @@ var	async = require('async'),
 				},
 				function(next) {
 					// Applying default database configs
-					var	meta = require('./meta');
-
-					meta.configs.set('postDelay', 10000);
-					meta.configs.set('minimumPostLength', 8);
-					meta.configs.set('minimumTitleLength', 3);
-					meta.configs.set('minimumUsernameLength', 2);
-					meta.configs.set('maximumUsernameLength', 16);
-					meta.configs.set('minimumPasswordLength', 6);
-					meta.configs.set('imgurClientID', '');
+					winston.info('Populating database with default configs, if not already set...')
+					var	meta = require('./meta'),
+						defaults = [
+							{ field: 'postDelay', value: 10000 },
+							{ field: 'minimumPostLength', value: 8 },
+							{ field: 'minimumTitleLength', value: 3 },
+							{ field: 'minimumUsernameLength', value: 2 },
+							{ field: 'maximumUsernameLength', value: 16 },
+							{ field: 'minimumPasswordLength', value: 6 },
+							{ field: 'imgurClientID', value: '' }
+						];
 
-					meta.configs.init(next);
+					async.each(defaults, function(configObj, next) {
+						meta.configs.setOnEmpty(configObj.field, configObj.value, next);
+					}, function(err) {
+						meta.configs.init(next);
+					});
 				},
 				function(next) {
 					// Check if an administrator needs to be created

src/meta.js

@@ -2,30 +2,34 @@ var utils = require('./../public/src/utils.js'),
 	RDB = require('./redis.js'),
 	async = require('async'),
 	path = require('path'),
-	fs = require('fs');
+	fs = require('fs'),
+	winston = require('winston');
 
 (function(Meta) {
 
 	Meta.configs = {
 		init: function(callback) {
-			Meta.configs.get(function(config) {
-				Meta.config = config;
-				callback();
+			Meta.configs.list(function(err, config) {
+				if (!err) {
+					Meta.config = config;
+					callback();
+				} else winston.error(err);
 			});
 		},
-		get: function(callback) {
+		list: function(callback) {
 			RDB.hgetall('config', function(err, config) {
 				if (!err) {
 					config = config || {};
 					config.status = 'ok';
-					callback(config);
+					callback(err, config);
 				} else {
-					callback({
-						status: 'error'
-					});
+					callback(new Error('could-not-read-config'));
 				}
 			});
 		},
+		get: function(field, callback) {
+			RDB.hget('config', field, callback);
+		},
 		getFields: function(fields, callback) {
 			RDB.hmgetObject('config', fields, callback);
 		},
@@ -35,6 +39,12 @@ var utils = require('./../public/src/utils.js'),
 					callback(err, res);
 			});
 		},
+		setOnEmpty: function(field, value, callback) {
+			this.get(field, function(err, curValue) {
+				if (!curValue) Meta.configs.set(field, value, callback);
+				else callback();
+			});
+		},
 		remove: function(field) {
 			RDB.hdel('config', field);
 		}

src/websockets.js

@@ -569,8 +569,8 @@ var SocketIO = require('socket.io').listen(global.server, {
 		});
 
 		socket.on('api:config.get', function(data) {
-			meta.configs.get(function(config) {
-				socket.emit('api:config.get', config);
+			meta.configs.list(function(err, config) {
+				if (!err) socket.emit('api:config.get', config);
 			});
 		});