Adding initial code for adding a new poll on the backend

server/config/config.go

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ type Config struct {
 }
 
 var conf *Config
+var conf_path string = ".env"
 
 func GetConfig() *Config {
 	if conf != nil {
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ func GetConfig() *Config {
 	conf = &Config{}
 
 	// TODO: Make this into a ini or toml file
-	confgContent, err := os.ReadFile(".env")
+	configContent, err := os.ReadFile(conf_path)
 
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Println("Error reading .env file: ", err)
@@ -37,10 +38,15 @@ func GetConfig() *Config {
 	for _, variable := range envVariables {
 		if strings.Contains(variable, "=") {
 			splitVariable := strings.Split(variable, "=")
-			envMap[splitVariable[0]] = splitVAriable[1]
+			envMap[splitVariable[0]] = splitVariable[1]
 		}
 	}
 
+	if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(configContent), conf); err != nil {
+        fmt.Println("Error unmarshalling config file: ", err)
+        os.Exit(1)
+    }
+
 	// TODO: Better mapping of key to json values
 	// TODO: Better error checking if values are missing
 	// TODO: Default values
@@ -59,6 +65,6 @@ func GetConfig() *Config {
 	return conf
 }
 
-func init() {
-	conf = GetConfig()
+func SetConfig(init_conf *Config) {
+	conf = init_conf
 }