config building and ext loading

main.py

@@ -1,21 +1,23 @@
-from configparser import ConfigParser
 import logging
-from discord import Client
 import sys
+from os import listdir
 
-# read config at default location
+from discord.ext.commands import Bot
-# ./config.ini
+from src.utils.config import build_config
-config = ConfigParser()
-try:
-    config.read_file(open("config.ini"))
-except FileNotFoundError:
-    logging.critical("Unable to locate the configuration file.")
-    sys.exit(1)
 
-# spawn discord client instance
+# read config at configured location \\ default to 'config.ini'
+config = build_config()
+
+# spawn discord bot instance
 # init token from config
-bot = Client()
+bot = Bot(command_prefix="~ak ")
 token = config['AUTH']['token']
 
+# load extensions
+for file in os.listdir("src/cogs"):
+    if file.endswith(".py"):
+        name = file[:-3]
+        bot.load_extension(f"src.cogs.{name}")
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    bot.run()
+    bot.run(token)

src/utils/__init__.py

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+

src/utils/config.py

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import os
+import logging
+
+from configparser import ConfigParser
+
+
+def build_config():
+    config_path = os.getenv("AKWAH_CONFIG_PATH")
+    if config_path == None:
+        config_path = "config.ini"
+    
+    try:
+        config_file = open(config_path)
+    except FileNotFoundError:
+        logging.critical("Unable to locate the configuration file.")
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    config = ConfigParser()
+    config.read_file(config_file)
+    logging.info("Finished building configuration.")
+
+    return config
+