1 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/update.py b/update.py
index 28ee252..bca3cbc 100755
--- a/update.py
+++ b/update.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import re
 import collections
 import urllib.parse
 import multiprocessing
+from configparser import ConfigParser
 
 import requests
 
@@ -48,6 +49,25 @@ parser.add_argument("--game-version",
 ## loaded from version.txt
 VERSION = 0
 
+def load_config():
+    config = ConfigParser()
+    config.read("pack.ini")
+    config["pack"]["sanitized_name"] = sanitize_text(config["pack"]["name"])
+    # return the whole config file, pack configuration and modlist
+    return config
+
+# take a string and only keep filename-friendly parts
+def sanitize_text(text):
+    sanitized = ""
+    replacement_map = {" ": "-"}
+    for char in text:
+        if char.isalnum():
+            sanitized += char.lower()
+        elif char in replacement_map:
+            sanitized += replacement_map[char]
+    return sanitized
+
+
 def read_file(fil):
     """
     Given a filename, read its contents in as a list of tuples.