added state options as an object with dict storing to disk

src/ctf/utils.py

@@ -2,12 +2,50 @@
 # basic utilities
 
 import tomllib
+import json
 from pathlib import Path
 from platformdirs import user_config_dir
+from platformdirs import user_data_dir
 # Parse config file
-CONFIG_DIR = Path(user_config_dir("ctf")) #config directory is $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/ctf/
+# CONFIG_DIR = Path(user_config_dir("ctf")) #config directory is $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/ctf/
 CONFIG_DIR = Path("/home/venus/code/ctf/")
 CONFIG_FILE = CONFIG_DIR / "config.toml"
 
+
 def load_config():
-    print(CONFIG_FILE)
+    if not CONFIG_FILE.exists():
+        print("nothing in config, relying on default opts")
+        #this is where to declare default vals if not otherwise specified
+        return {}
+
+class StateManager:
+    _state_file : Path
+    _data: dict
+    def __init__(self):
+        # DATA_DIR = Path(user_data_dir("ctf")) #config directory is $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/ctf/
+        data_dir = Path("/home/venus/code/ctf/")
+        data_dir.mkdir(parents = True, exist_ok = True)
+
+        object.__setattr__(self, "_state_file", data_dir / "state.json") # set self._path to data_dir safely
+        object.__setattr__(self, "_data", self._load()) # load objects into self
+
+    def _load(self):
+        if self._state_file.exists():
+            with open(self._state_file, "r") as f:
+                return json.load(f)
+        return{}
+
+    def __getattr__(self, name):
+        # use state.challenge to return value for challenge from dictionary
+        return self._data.get(name)
+
+    def __setattr__(self, name, value):
+        # use state.challenge = "run" to set challenge and run to dictionary
+        # writes the whole dict to disk
+        self._data[name] = value
+        with open(self._state_file, "w",) as f:
+            json.dump(self._data, f, indent=4)
+
+
+state = StateManager()
+