Adding not just the api but also some initial code for posting members

server/config/config.go

@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 package config
 
 import (
-	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
+	"log"
 	"os"
 	"strings"
 )
 
 type Config struct {
-	DBPath string `json:"db_path"`
-	RedisHost string `json:"redis_host"`
+	DBPath        string `json:"db_path"`
+	RedisHost     string `json:"redis_host"`
 	RedisPassword string `json:"redis_password"`
 }
 
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ var conf *Config
 var conf_path string = ".env"
 
 func GetConfig() *Config {
+	_ = GenerateEnvFileIfNotExists("./sjles-pta-vote.db")
+
 	if conf != nil {
 		return conf
 	}
@@ -25,9 +27,8 @@ func GetConfig() *Config {
 
 	// TODO: Make this into a ini or toml file
 	configContent, err := os.ReadFile(conf_path)
-
 	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Println("Error reading .env file: ", err)
+		log.Printf("Error reading .env file: %v", err)
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 
@@ -42,11 +43,6 @@ func GetConfig() *Config {
 		}
 	}
 
-	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
@@ -58,7 +54,7 @@ func GetConfig() *Config {
 		} else if strings.Contains(key, "redis_password") {
 			conf.RedisPassword = value
 		} else {
-			fmt.Println("Error, Unknown key value pair: ", key, " = ", value)
+			log.Printf("Error, Unknown key value pair: %s = %s", key, value)
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -67,4 +63,13 @@ func GetConfig() *Config {
 
 func SetConfig(init_conf *Config) {
 	conf = init_conf
+}
+
+func GenerateEnvFileIfNotExists(dbPath string) error {
+	_, err := os.Stat(".env")
+	if err == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	envContent := fmt.Sprintf("db_path=\"%s\"\n", dbPath)
+	return os.WriteFile(".env", []byte(envContent), 0644)
 }